Cushing v. Field
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Assumpsit on note of following tenor : “Skowhegan, Me., October 1, 1874. One year after date I promise to pay to the order of O. B. Mahan, four hundred and eighty-seven dollars, at the GraniteNational Bank, Augusta, Maine. "Value received. (Signed) Edward A. Field.”
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Assumpsit on note of following tenor : “Skowhegan, Me., October 1, 1874. One year after date I promise to pay to the order of O. B. Mahan, four hundred and eighty-seven dollars, at the GraniteNational Bank, Augusta, Maine. "Value received. (Signed) Edward A. Field.” There was an indorsement across the extreme end of the note, thus: “This note is subject to a contract made November 13, 1874.” It was claimed by the defense that this indorsement, after it was made and the note had been delivered, was fraudulently altered so as to read: “This note is subject of contract,” &c. Flea, the general…
1Opinion of the Court
Appleton C. J.
This is an' action on a promissory note of the following tenor:
“ Skowhegan Maine, October, 1871. One year after date, I promise to pay to the order of C. B. Mahan, four hundred and eighty-seven dollars, at the Granite National Bank, Augusta, Maine. Yalue received. Edward A. Field.”
The note was indorsed “ G. B. Mahan, agent of the Granite Agricultural Works, Lebanon, N. H.”
There was also an indorsement across the extreme edge of the note thus:
“ This note is subject of a contract made November 13, 1871.”
The note, though having a different date is shown to have been *53executed on…
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