Drexel v. Pusey
Nebraska Supreme Court
■Error from the district court of Douglas county. Tried below before Ambrose, J. The opinion contains a statement of the case. As to Pritchett or his assigns, Coffman bore no different relation to the note than Morrison, Meadimber, or Boyd. Where one, not the payee, writes his name on the back of a promissory note before delivery, he is a maker and held as though he had signed on its face.
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■Error from the district court of Douglas county. Tried below before Ambrose, J. The opinion contains a statement of the case. As to Pritchett or his assigns, Coffman bore no different relation to the note than Morrison, Meadimber, or Boyd. Where one, not the payee, writes his name on the back of a promissory note before delivery, he is a maker and held as though he had signed on its face. (Draper v. Weld, 13 Gray [Mass.] 580; Eisley v. Eorr, 42 Neb. 3; Rice v. Gook, 71 Me. 559; Boothby v. Woodman, 66 Me. 389; Baker v. Briggs, 8 Pick. [Mass.] 122; Chaffee v. Jones, 19 Pick. [Mass.] 260;…
1Opinion of the CourtNon val, J.
This snit was instituted by Prank S.- Pusey, trustee, and Victor H. Coffman to enjoin the collection of a judgment at law, and from a decree rendered in their favor the defendants have prosecuted error.
Edward C. Pritchett loaned Charles T. Taylor the sum of $3,000, and the latter gave a promissory note for that amount executed by himself, and four other persons also signed the same as sureties. On June 1, 1891, this note was surrendered to Taylor on the giving of a renewal note, a copy of which follows:
“$3,000 Omaha, Neb., June 1,1891.
“Six months after date we, or either of us, promise to pay…
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