Gahren, Dodge & Maltby v. Parkersburg National Bank

Opinion of the Court by

William Rogers Clay, Commissioner

Affirming.

On February 17,1913, G-ahren, Dodge & Maltby, a corporation, executed and delivered to its vice-president, J. W. Butler, a certain promissory note by which it agreed *267and promised to pay him sixty days thereafter the sum of $1,600. The note was endorsed by J. W. Butler and the Citizens Trust & Guaranty Company of- West Virginia, and negotiated by the Parkersburg National Bank of Parkersburg, West Virginia. The note not being paid at maturity, plaintiff, the Parkersburg National Bank, brought this action against defendants,…