Semple v. Turner

This suit was instituted in the court of common pleas of Linn county, and was founded on two *697promissory notes payable to the order of Semple, Birge & Co., and executed by one W. A. Crane, the defendant writing his name on the back of said notes before delivery to plaintiffs. One of the notes is as follows:

$105.00. Brookfield, July 3rd, 1869.

Eour months after date I promise to pay to the order of Semple, Birge & Co. one hundred and five dollars, for value received, negotiable and payable without defalcation or discount, and .with interest from date at the rate of ten per cent, per annum.

(Signed…