Rossi v. Schawacker

The defendant wrote his name as an accommodation for the maker upon the back of a promissory note above the name of the payee. The payee kept the note until after maturity and then transferred it to the plaintiff for value. The plaintiff thereafter sued the defendant as maker of the note and recovered judgment against him; hence this appeal.

The cause was tried without the intervention of a jury, and no instructions were asked by either party, nor is any complaint made touching the admission or exclusion of evidence. The only point made is that under all the evidence the court should have…