Camp v. Byrne
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from St. Louis Circuit Court. Defendant asked the following instructions, which were refused: 1. The defendant asks the court to instruct the jury, if they believe from the evidence in this case that the defendant Byrne’s signature to the notes sued on was obtained by false and fraudulent representations of any persons acting or assuming to act as the agents of the St. Louis, Cairo and Johnsonville Packet Company, and that the plaintiff Camp had notice of the same,…
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Appeal from St. Louis Circuit Court. Defendant asked the following instructions, which were refused: 1. The defendant asks the court to instruct the jury, if they believe from the evidence in this case that the defendant Byrne’s signature to the notes sued on was obtained by false and fraudulent representations of any persons acting or assuming to act as the agents of the St. Louis, Cairo and Johnsonville Packet Company, and that the plaintiff Camp had notice of the same, direct or indirect, sufficient to put a man of ordinary business prudence on his guard, they will find for the defendant,…
1Opinion of the CourtFagg, Judge
This cause is brought here upon an appeal from the St. Louis Circuit Court at general term. The suit was instituted upon two negotiable promissory notes, each for the sum of $250, executed by the appellant Byrne and made payable to the order of the St. Louis, Cairo and Johnsonville Packet Company. They were both dated on the 8th day of December, 1865, one payable ninety days and the other one hundred and twenty days after date. The petition alleges that said company before maturity transferred the same by* endorsement to the respondent Camp for value, and that he was then the owner and holder…
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