Grapes v. Willoughby
Supreme Court of Vermont
Action of Contract to recover upon a promissory note in-, dorsed by the defendant above the name of the plaintiff. Plea, the general issue. Trial by jury at the June Term, 1918, Caledonia County, Slack, J., presiding. At the close of the plaintiff’s evidence the Court directed a verdict for the defendant. The plaintiff excepted. The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the CourtPowers, J.
B. 0. Cote bought of this plaintiff a stock of merchandise, giving as part payment therefor his promissory note for $1,000 payable at and to the order of the Lyndonville National Bank at a time stated. Before this note was delivered to the- plaintiff, the defendant, Willoughby, had written his name across the back of it. The plaintiff took the note to the bank and, having written his name across the back of it, under that of the defendant, received the avails of it by way of credit or otherwise. This note was renewed from time to time, and the note in suit fell due on January 29, 1918. On all…
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