Derr v. Keaough
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Hamilton District Court. — Hon. D. R. Hindman, Judge. Action upon a promissory note. Trial by jury. Verdict and judgment for the plaintiff. Defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtRothrock, J.
*3991 *398I. The note upon which the suit was brought is negotiable in form. It is dated in May, 1888, and became due May 18, 1889, and is payable to the order of Cole, Grant & Co. It was indorsed before it became due by Cole, Grant & Co. to C. H. Neely, and by Neely to the plaintiff. The defendant admitted that he signed the note, and he set up two' defenses against it. The first defense was that the note was. procured from him by fraud. One McNeil appeared at defendant’s farm in May, 1888, as the agent of a fence manufacturing company. He procured the defendant to sign the note in suit in…
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- First National Bank v. HallSupreme Court of Iowa · 1891
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