Bohn Manufacturing Co. v. Reif
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Manito-woc county: Michael XiRWAN, Circuit Judge. This is an action to recover the amount due upon a promissory note.
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Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Manito-woc county: Michael XiRWAN, Circuit Judge. This is an action to recover the amount due upon a promissory note. Tlie complaint alleges tlie execution and delivery by tlie defendants to tlie plaintiff on or about October 1, 1895, of a promissory note in the following form: “$3,000. St. Paul, Minn., Sept. 20, 1895. “On or before one year after date, I promise to pay to tbe order of Bohn Manufacturing Company three thousand dollars, at Manitowoc Savings Bank,. Manitowoc, Wis. Value received. With interest before and after maturity at'the rate…
1Opinion of the CourtWinslow, J.
The plaintiff seasonably objected to the admission of any evidence under the answer for the reason that it states no defense, and the correctness of the ruling upon "that objection is the first question for consideration. The •answer is set forth at length in the statement of the case. It is sufficient here to say that it alleges, in effect, (1) that prior .to the giving of the note in suit the defendants, to the knowl*479■edge of plaintiff, bad agreed to form a corporation for manufacturing lumber, and that on tbe 20th of September, 1895, they purchased of the plaintiff a sawmill on behalf of…
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