Ward v. Johnson
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by defendant, J. P. Johnson, from a judgment of the District Court of Douglas County, Searle, J., entered April 20, 1892, against him for $823.72. At McIntosh, Minn., on June 16, 1890, the defendant and fourteen other farmers of that vicinity executed and delivered to Thompson & Cowen their joint and several negotiable promissory note for $700 and interest, due November 1,1891. The payees indorsed and transferred the note before maturity to the plaintiff, Gershom B.…
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Appeal by defendant, J. P. Johnson, from a judgment of the District Court of Douglas County, Searle, J., entered April 20, 1892, against him for $823.72. At McIntosh, Minn., on June 16, 1890, the defendant and fourteen other farmers of that vicinity executed and delivered to Thompson & Cowen their joint and several negotiable promissory note for $700 and interest, due November 1,1891. The payees indorsed and transferred the note before maturity to the plaintiff, Gershom B. Ward, who paid that firm $700 for it, and took it in good faith and without notice of any of the facts stated in the…
1Opinion of the CourtMitchell, J.
This action was brought against defendant, as maker of a negotiable promissory note, the plaintiff being a bona fide indorsee before maturity for a valuable consideration.
The defense was that defendant’s signature was obtained by fraud*482•ulent representations as to the nature and terms of the contract, the attempt being to bring the case within the provisions of Laws 1883, ch. 114.
A jury trial was waived, and the court found that defendant’s signature was obtained by false representations, but that he was guilty of negligence in making and delivering the note.
The only question in the case is…
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