Legal Opinion
Edwards v. Goode
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided January 4, 1916No. 2727PublishedCited by 6 opinions
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Northern District of Texas; Edward R. Meek, Judge. Action .by V. Goode against J. A. Edwards and another. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendants bring error.
1Opinion of the Court
WAEKER, Circuit Judge.
This was an action against two of the four signers of two promissory notes, one for $2,000, payable six months after its date, and the other for $1,500, payable three months after its date, each of which contained the following stipulation:
“We agree that after maturity the time of payment may be extended from time to time by any one or more of us without the knowledge or consent of any of the others of us, and after such extension the liability of all parties shall remain as if-no such extension had been made.”
The defendants duly set up as a defense that a signer of the…
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