McGowan v. Cosmopolitan Bank & Trust Co.

By the Court.

Action was brought in the common pleas court of Hamilton county by the Cosmopolitan Bank & Trust Company to recover the amount due on a promissory note, signed upon its face by Robert B. McGowan and Carolina L. McGowan as joint makers. The signatures are admitted. Claim was made by answer that Carolina L. McGowan signed the note as an accommodation maker only, and that such fact was known by the plaintiff at the time of delivery thereof, and by cross-petition a claim was asserted for $5,000 for services rendered to the plaintiff by Robert B. McGowan on express contract.

The trial…