Cline & Co. v. Templeton
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case i 13 — PETITION ORDINARY — APPEAL FROM JEFFERSON COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. I. A promissory note, negotiable and payable at a bank, and discounted by the bank, is placed upon the footing of a foreign bill of exchange, and the defense of want of consideration between the original parties, cannot be made to it. (General Statutes, chapter 22, sections 6 and 21;. Civil Code, section 19.) 2. An adult woman can maintain an action for her seduction.
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Case i 13 — PETITION ORDINARY — APPEAL FROM JEFFERSON COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. I. A promissory note, negotiable and payable at a bank, and discounted by the bank, is placed upon the footing of a foreign bill of exchange, and the defense of want of consideration between the original parties, cannot be made to it. (General Statutes, chapter 22, sections 6 and 21;. Civil Code, section 19.) 2. An adult woman can maintain an action for her seduction. (Wisconsin, Code, sec. 2555; Iowa Code, page 435 ; Rees v. Cupp, 59 Ind., 566; Overton’s Code of Practice, sec. 109; Thompson & Steger’s Statutes…
1Opinion of the Court
JUDGE HINES
delivered tiie opinion of the court.
The admitted facts in the pleadings in this case are: the sole consideration of the note sued on was the agreement to forbear the prosecution of a suit by Susan Cline against appellee; that the suit was brought by Susan Cline against appellee for seduction, and that at the time she was an adult unmarried woman; that at the time of the alleged assignment of the note by Susan Cline to appellants, they had full knowledge of all these facts. It is further shown in evidence that the note before maturity was discounted to the German Security Bank, and,…
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