Brown v. Straw
Nebraska Supreme Court
Error from the district court of Johnson county. Tried below before Weaver, J. The opinion states the case. cited 1 Smith’s Leading Oases, 1111. Wood v. Steel, 6 Wall., 89. Low v. Merril, 1 Pinney, 310. Britton v. Dierker, 16 Mo., 591. Simpson v. Davis, 119 Mass., 269. Hunt v. Gray 35 New Jersey Law, 227. . An alteration in law is where the change made is Buch as to make the instrument express something different from the contract entered into between the parties.
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Error from the district court of Johnson county. Tried below before Weaver, J. The opinion states the case. cited 1 Smith’s Leading Oases, 1111. Wood v. Steel, 6 Wall., 89. Low v. Merril, 1 Pinney, 310. Britton v. Dierker, 16 Mo., 591. Simpson v. Davis, 119 Mass., 269. Hunt v. Gray 35 New Jersey Law, 227. . An alteration in law is where the change made is Buch as to make the instrument express something different from the contract entered into between the parties. The change made in the date of the note in controversy (if there was a change) was simply a correction, making the instrument…
1Opinion of the CourtMaxwell, J.
On the eleventh day of September 1871, Erastus Eames executed a promissory note for the sum of $225, payable to the order of the defendant, and due in twelve months from date. The note was dated September 13, 1874, and in that condition was signed by the plaintiff in error as surety and delivered to Eames, who delivered the note to the defendant in error. At the time Eames delivered the note to the defendant the mistake in the date was discovered,, when the defendant erased “ 13 ” and inserted “ 11 ” in place thereof, thereby changing the date of the note from September 13, to September 11.…
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