Lincoln v. Hinzey

This was an action brought by Hinzey, against Zeidler, Heineke and Lincoln, as joint makers of a promissory note. On the trial, the plaintiff offered in evidence a note signed at the bottom by Zeidler and Heineke, and on the back by Lincoln. The defendants objected to its introduction, but the objection was overruled, and this decision is assigned as error.

Lincoln had, in the first instance, filed a plea denying the execution of the note by himself as maker, verified by affidavit, but this plea had been withdrawn, and a written stipulation made between the attorneys that the defendants might…