Evans v. DeRoe

In March, 1881, the plaintiff executed a note to W. H. Dickinson for the sum of $95, due in one year, with interest at ten per cent. A few days after the execution and delivery of the note, Dickinson endorsed it as follows: “ Pay Geo. T. DeRoe or order W. H. Dickinson,” and sent the same to DeRoe, who resided in New York. After-wards DeRoe endorsed the, note as follows: “ Pay to W. H. Dickinson for collection G. T. DeRoe,” and sent the note to Dickinson. To secure the payment of this note, the plaintiff executed to Dickinson a chattel mortgage on personal property of the value of several…