DeCamp v. Hamma
Ohio Supreme Court
Error to the District Court of Greene county. The original action was brought in the Court of Common Pleas of Greene county, by plaintiffs in error, as indorsees, against Zacharias Hamma, as maker of a promissory note, of which the following is a copy: “ §190. Miami, Jvly 26, 1869. “ Three months after date I promise to pay to the order of A. B. Denning one hundred and ninety dollars, value received, with use. “ Zacharias Hamma.”
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Error to the District Court of Greene county. The original action was brought in the Court of Common Pleas of Greene county, by plaintiffs in error, as indorsees, against Zacharias Hamma, as maker of a promissory note, of which the following is a copy: “ §190. Miami, Jvly 26, 1869. “ Three months after date I promise to pay to the order of A. B. Denning one hundred and ninety dollars, value received, with use. “ Zacharias Hamma.” Indorsed: “ A. B. Denning.”. The plaintiffs alleged, in their petition, that the note was executed and delivered by the defendant on the day of its date, and that it…
1Opinion of the CourtMcIlvaine, J.
Having shown that the signature to the note sued, on was the genuine signature of Zaeharias Hamma, and that it had been delivered as a complete instrument by the maker to the payee ; and also that it was afterward and before maturity, by indorsement and delivery, transferred to them for a valuable consideration, and without notice of any fraud or infirmity as between the original parties, the plaintiffs in error claim that the judgments below should have been in their favor, notwithstanding it was found by the jury that the maker was ignorant of the true character of the instrument, and did…
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