Turk v. Stahl
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Madison Circuit Court. I.-All promissory notes are payable at the - time indicated, therein, absolutely and without days of grace. (W. S., 216, § 15.) Section 18, W. S., 217, merely adopts a different mode of expression. I. The note sued on, being for the payment of money to ' the payee therein named, or order, and expressed to be for value received, ivas negotiable, and in this State has the same effect as an inland bill of exchange, under the law merchant.
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Appeal from Madison Circuit Court. I.-All promissory notes are payable at the - time indicated, therein, absolutely and without days of grace. (W. S., 216, § 15.) Section 18, W. S., 217, merely adopts a different mode of expression. I. The note sued on, being for the payment of money to ' the payee therein named, or order, and expressed to be for value received, ivas negotiable, and in this State has the same effect as an inland bill of exchange, under the law merchant. (W. S., 216, § 15: Kel. Mo. Trea., 322-3.) II. Inland bills of exchange, and negotiable promissory notes, are entitled, and…
1Opinion of the Court
Sherwood, Judge,
delivered the opinioii of the court.
This was a suit originally instituted before a justice of the peace by Helen Turk against Samuel Stahl, on an instrument of writing in these words:
$100.00. Sept. 1st, 1871.
Ten days after date, I promise to pay Joseph Turk, or order, the sum of one hundred dollars, for value received.
Samuel Stahl.
The plaintiff, to whom the note had been transferred, instituted suit on the same on the 13th day of September, obtained service on the defendant on the same day, and subsequently recovered judgment for the sum specified in the note, and interest.
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