Barton Savings Bank & Trust Co. v. Stephenson
Supreme Court of Vermont
Assumpsit on a promissory note. Plea, tbe general issue with notice on the part of all the defendants, except Stephenson, of a material alteration without their knowledge after they signed and before delivery. Trial by jury at the March Term, 1912, Orleans County, Taylor, J., presiding. Verdict for the plaintiff as to defendant Stephenson, and against plaintiff as to the other defendants, and judgment thereon. The plaintiff excepted. The opinion fully states the case.
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Assumpsit on a promissory note. Plea, tbe general issue with notice on the part of all the defendants, except Stephenson, of a material alteration without their knowledge after they signed and before delivery. Trial by jury at the March Term, 1912, Orleans County, Taylor, J., presiding. Verdict for the plaintiff as to defendant Stephenson, and against plaintiff as to the other defendants, and judgment thereon. The plaintiff excepted. The opinion fully states the case. This is the valid note of all the defendants as of June 1, 1908. Byles on Bills and Notes, 6 Am. Ed. 486, *320; Equitable Mfg.…
1Opinion of the CourtMunson, J.
The suit is upon a note, the body of which is as follows: “On demand after date for value received, we each as principal, jointly and severally promise to pay the Barton National Bank or order, at their banking rooms in Barton, Yt., seven thousand dollars, with interest payable semi*437annually on the first day of June and December each year.” The note bears the payee’s indorsement to the plaintiff. There are ten signers to the note, all of whom are defendants. The date of the note as originally drawn was June 1, 1908. The face of the note shows a change by drawing lines in ink across “June 1,”…
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