Edwards v. Thomas
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from St. Louis Court of Appeals. The principal defense relied on was that Drew had endorsed the note sued on in the name of the Dock Company for the accommodation of T. P. Morse & Co., without the knowledge or consent of the company. ' Among the declarations of law prayed by the plaintiff and refused by the court, were the following: 6. If the court, sitting as a jury, finds that the plaintiffs purchased the note sued on, or the original note of which the former was a…
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Appeal from St. Louis Court of Appeals. The principal defense relied on was that Drew had endorsed the note sued on in the name of the Dock Company for the accommodation of T. P. Morse & Co., without the knowledge or consent of the company. ' Among the declarations of law prayed by the plaintiff and refused by the court, were the following: 6. If the court, sitting as a jury, finds that the plaintiffs purchased the note sued on, or the original note of which the former was a renewal, of R. M. Renick & Co., brokers, into whose hands the general financial agent in charge of the business of the…
1Opinion of the CourtSherwood, C. J.
— This suit was brought by the plaintiffs, partners, as Edwards, Matthews & Co., against the defendants, Mary Thomas and Sarah L. Morse, as partners in a co-partnership known as the Sectional Bock Company, upon a promissory note, of which the following is a copy:
“ $3,000. St. Louis, March 19th, 1873.
“ Four months after date, we promise to pay to the order of Sectional Bock Co., Three Thousand Bollars, for value received, negotiable and payable without defalcation or discount, and -with interest from maturity, at the rate of ten per cent, per annum.
“ Thos. P. Morse,
“John B. Baggett.”
Endorsed:
“S…
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