Davis v. Neligh
Nebraska Supreme Court
Error to tbe district court for Cuming county. Tried' below before Valentine, J., and a jury. Verdict for defendant. Tbe facts appear in tbe opinion.
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Error to tbe district court for Cuming county. Tried' below before Valentine, J., and a jury. Verdict for defendant. Tbe facts appear in tbe opinion. Tbe testimony offered by tbe defense shows tbat tbe transfer by J. B. Thomson, tbe payee mentioned therein, to L. Kryger, was made prior to tbe alleged sale of tbe bouse by Mr. Thompson; and tbat tbe order referred to was made nearly a year before tbe settlement between Mr. Thompson and Mr. Neligh, when they bad a settlement of thousands of dollars. The said order is not on Mr. Neligh, nor is it for two hundred and fifty-eight dollars, but…
1Opinion of the CourtMaxwell, J.
\ This is an action on a promissory note, made by the defendant to one J. B. Thompson, or order, on the fourth day of December, 1871. The note was given for the sum of $800, and was payable at the banking house of Bruner, Neligh & Kipp, at West Point. On the fourteenth of August, 1872, a payment of $500 was indorsed on the note. The plaintiff claims to be the assignee of the note, and asks for judgment in the sum of $366.66 with interest.
The defendant in his answer to the petition denies: First, that the plaintiff is the owner of the note. Second, that he is a bona, fide holder for value…
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