Columbia County Bank v. Emerson
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Columbia Circuit Court; Charles W. Smith, Judge; The Columbia County Bank brought suit against J. W. and S. M. Emerson upon a note in the following language, to wit: “Magnolia, Arkansas, April the 27th, 1904. “$147.00. “November the 10th, 1904, after date, for value received,we promise to pay to the order of J. C. Karner one hundred and forty-seven and no-ioo dollars, at Magnolia, Arkansas, with interest at 10 per cent, per annum from maturity until paid.
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Appeal from Columbia Circuit Court; Charles W. Smith, Judge; The Columbia County Bank brought suit against J. W. and S. M. Emerson upon a note in the following language, to wit: “Magnolia, Arkansas, April the 27th, 1904. “$147.00. “November the 10th, 1904, after date, for value received,we promise to pay to the order of J. C. Karner one hundred and forty-seven and no-ioo dollars, at Magnolia, Arkansas, with interest at 10 per cent, per annum from maturity until paid. The makers and indorsers of this note hereby severally-waive presentment of payment, notice of non-payment and protest. “J. W.…
1Opinion of the CourtHill, C. J.
This is a suit upon promissory notes, and the defense thereto is that they were given in payment of patent-right territory, or in payment of the purchase money of patented instruments, and that they were not executed in conformity to the act of April 23, 1891, which appears as secs. 512, 513 and 514 of Kirby’s Digest, requiring such notes to be executed on a printed form showing upon their face that they were executed in consideration of a patented machine, implement or territory, as the case might be.
The case was tried before a jury, and both a general and a special verdict were rendered…
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