Swan v. Mathre
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Hamilton District Court. — Hon. B. P. Birdsall, Judge. Action at law to recover the amount of a promissory note. After the evidence had been submitted, the district court sustained a motion of the plaintiff for judgment upon the note, and rendered judgment in his favor for costs. The defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtRobinson, J.
*2631 *262The note in suit was made by the defendant on the twenty-fifth day of June, 1891, for the sum of one hundred and twenty-five dollars, payable on or bef ore two years after its date'to Tjernagel Bros., with interest at the rate of six per cent, per annum after one jsear. It was given for capital stock of an incorporation known as the Scandia Publishing and Printing Company, and was transferred to the plaintiff by an indorsement in blank. The defendant alleges that the note was procured by means of false and fraudulent representations, without consideration, and that the plaintiff knew of the…
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