Robinson v. Bartlett
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action brought in the District Court for Hennepin county, upon a promissory note. The pleadings are the complaint, and answer of the defendant, Kimball, and are sufficiently stated in the opinion of the court. The return on which this cause was presented to this court, (exclusive of the pleadings) is as follows : “ Extracts from the evidence and proceedings, before the referee, as reported to the court, and made part of the record of the case.
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Action brought in the District Court for Hennepin county, upon a promissory note. The pleadings are the complaint, and answer of the defendant, Kimball, and are sufficiently stated in the opinion of the court. The return on which this cause was presented to this court, (exclusive of the pleadings) is as follows : “ Extracts from the evidence and proceedings, before the referee, as reported to the court, and made part of the record of the case. “ Question on the part of the defense, to A. C. Kimball, witness. "What were the circumstances under which you endorsed your name upon the note %…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court
McMillan, J.
The complaint, after alleging the making of a certain promissory note by Bartlett, to plaintiff, alleges that at the time of making said note, and before the same was delivered, the defendant Kimball, in order to secure the note and give the same credit, and to induce the plaintiff to receive the same, for a valuable consideration did sign his name across the back of said note, and the plaintiff relying solely upon said defendant’s name, received and accepted the note, and parted with the consideration money therein named; that after the execution of the note as…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- McComb, Simpson & Co. v. ThompsonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1858
- Peckham v. M. D. Gilman & Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1862
3Cited by4 opinions
- Browns Valley State Bank v. PorterCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1916
- Salisbury v. First National BankNebraska Supreme Court · 1893
- E. L. Welch Co. v. GillettWisconsin Supreme Court · 1911
- Thompson v. HoweSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1874