Central State Bank v. Hanson

Taylor, C.

Thirteen promissory notes executed to defendant by as many different persons were transferred to plaintiff bank and payment of each thereof was guaranteed by defendant. This action was brought on the guaranties. The court directed a verdict for plaintiff and defendant appeals from an order denying a new trial.

That the bank was the owner and holder of the notes and that defendant had guaranteed payment of them was admitted. The *270only question presented is whether the court erred in excluding defendant’s offer to prove the following facts: That the notes were secured by mortgage — one…