City National Bank v. Hager
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by plaintiff, the City National Bank of Denver, from an order of the District Court of Ramsey County, Brill, J., made July 9, 1892, denying its motion for a new trial.
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Appeal by plaintiff, the City National Bank of Denver, from an order of the District Court of Ramsey County, Brill, J., made July 9, 1892, denying its motion for a new trial. William H. Hager, John H. Hager, Frederick D. Hager and C. D. Gurley, composed the firm of Hager, Sous & Co. At Denver, Colorado, on February 18, 1876, the partners made and delivered to plaintiff bank the promissory note of the firm, whereby they promised to pay the bank, ninety days thereafter, $5,232.50, with interest at one and a half per cent, a month from maturity until paid. On October 30, 1876, the bank commenced…
1Opinion of the CourtMitchell, J.
This was an action on a judgment rendered in Iowa, and the only question is whether the judgment was against the respondents or only against one William IT. Hager, their co-•defendant in that action. The Iowa record discloses, to say the least of it, a very remarkable practice. It shows that plaintiff •brought that action against William H. Hager, these two respondents, and one Gurley, upon a promissory note executed by all four, ■ and also upon a judgment recovered in Maryland against William H. Hager alone upon the same note. Judgment by default was first •entered against William H. Hager…
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