Stover Bank v. Welpman

In this case, at the close of plaintiff's evidence, the trial court gave the peremptory instruction offered by defendant, afterward set aside the involuntary nonsuit taken, and defendant appealed. Upon appeal, the Kansas City Court of Appeals ruled that the court erred in setting aside the involuntary nonsuit; but, deeming its decision to be in conflict with a ruling of the St. Louis Court of Appeals, transferred the cause to this court for determination.

The suit is upon a promissory note in the sum of $1100 executed on December 15, 1920, by the defendant, Louis Welpman, and payable to H.K.…