Maine Trust & Banking Co. v. Butler
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action brought in the district court for Hennepin county against defendant as indorser of a promissory note of $1,000. Trial before Hooker, J., (a jury being waived,) .and judgment ordered for plaintiff. The defendant appeals from an order refusing a new trial. The instrument sued on is set forth in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtCollins, J.
The defendant Butler, payee of the negotiable promissory note on which this action was founded, made and signed a writing on the back of it, thus: “For value received I hereby assign and transfer the within note, together with all interest in and all rights under the mortgage securing the same, to L. D. Cooke.” It is contended by appellant that this was but a naked assignment of the paper, and that Butler cannot be held as an indorser of the same. *507We have carefully examined the authorities at our command, and have been unable to add a single one to those cited by appellant’s counsel in…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Aniba v. YeomansMichigan Supreme Court · 1878
- Hailey v. FalconerSupreme Court of Alabama · 1858
- Dixon v. ClayvilleCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1876
- Sears v. Lantz & BatesSupreme Court of Iowa · 1878
- Adams v. BlethenSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1877
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- Behrens v. KirkgardCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1912
- Jones County Trust & Savings Bank v. KurtSupreme Court of Iowa · 1921
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