Farnsworth v. Burdick

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Marshall, J.:

This is an action to recover on a promissory note. Judgment was rendered in favor of the plaintiff. The defendants appeal.

The defendants, Wm. S. Burdick and A. M. Ewing, in consideration for a tract of land in Mercer county, Missouri, gave a stock of goods in Iola, Kan., a negotiable promissory note for the sum of $500, signed by all the defendants, and assumed an encumbrance on the land for the sum of $890. The trade was made with, and the note given to, J. A. Wheeler, who negotiated the note to the plaintiff by writing on the back…