Harris v. Jones
North Dakota Supreme Court
Appeal by defendant from a judgment of the District Court for Richland County; Allen, J., in plaintiff’s favor in an action for contribution.
1Opinion of the CourtBurke, J.
In the spring of 1906, one Carl Tronsgard, a druggist of this state, was indebted to Boyes Brothers and Cutler, wholesalers, in the sum of $805.11. Being pressed for payment, he applied to Jones, the cashier of the local bank, to indorse a note for that amount, due in one year, and thus secure a year’s extension upon his debt. Jones replied that, owing to his position in the bank, and his bonds, he could not assume the risk, unless he had security; and, to use Jones’s own words, "it happened that Tronsgard asked me to sign a note with him for about $800, — because of the business I was in- —…
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- Mercantile Bank of Memphis v. BusbyTennessee Supreme Court · 1908
- Citizens National Bank of Durham v. BurchSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1907
- Wilson v. HendeeSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1907
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- Cohn v. HittTennessee Supreme Court · 1915