First National Bank v. Bowen

This suit was brought on a promissory note of $500, dated June 29, 1895, due in four months, payable to C. E. Kelsey, and purporting to be signed by the defendant, David Bowen. The defendant pleaded the general issue, and attached thereto an affi davit denying the execution of the note. On the trial he did not in terms deny his signature to the note, but claimed that a $500 note was given by him dated about April 1st, and that he signed it as accommodation maker for Mr. Kelsey. He testified that, if it was the same note as the *282one in suit, the date had been changed. The court below left that…