Chase v. Whitmore
California Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of Stanislaus County, and from an order refusing a new trial. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Belcher, C. C.
— This is an action to recover the value of a promissory note,, alleged to have been wrongfully converted by the defendant. The case was tried, and judgment rendered in favor of the plaintiff, from which and from an order'denying a new trial the appeal is taken.
The note in question was dated November 3,1877, and was payable to the Farmers’ Savings Bank of Stanislaus County, thirty days after its date. It bore interest at the rate of one and one half per cent per month, compounding monthly, and provided for the payment of a reasonable attorney fee in case suit should be brought *546th…
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