Henderson v. Bondurant
Supreme Court of Missouri
Error to Saline Circuit Court. I. The note in dispute is void as to the defendant Gilliam. It was originally a blank paper with the ■ defendant’s name on the back as endorser, and was intended to be filled up as a note, with his name as payee and endorser and not as maker, for the sum of only $200, which sum in figures was therefore originally inscribed on the left-hand top corner, indicating the extent of the authority given by the defendant Gilliam — Goodman v. Simonds, 19…
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Error to Saline Circuit Court. I. The note in dispute is void as to the defendant Gilliam. It was originally a blank paper with the ■ defendant’s name on the back as endorser, and was intended to be filled up as a note, with his name as payee and endorser and not as maker, for the sum of only $200, which sum in figures was therefore originally inscribed on the left-hand top corner, indicating the extent of the authority given by the defendant Gilliam — Goodman v. Simonds, 19 Mo. 106 ; Hall et al. v. Bk. of the Commonwealth, 5 Dana, 258; Tate v. Hopkins et al., 7 Mo. 419 ; Sto.. Prom. N. § 10.…
1Opinion of the CourtWagner, Judge
Plaintiff brought his suit against the defendants on a note for the sum of two hundred and fifty dollars. The note is *371payable to plaintiff, signed by Charles P. Bondurant and Edward A. Carter as makers, and endorsed in blank on the back by the defendant William T. Gilliam. The suit is instituted against all the defendants as makers of the note.
Bondurant and Carter filed no answer, and judgment by default was taken against them. The defendant Gilliam filed an answer, in which he substantially states, that Bondurant, who is the principal, brought to him a blank piece of paper, signed by…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Lovett v. AdamsNew York Supreme Court · 1829
- Mahaiwe Bank v. DouglassSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1862
- Farmers' Bank v. GartenSupreme Court of Missouri · 1863
- Tumilty v. Bank of MissouriSupreme Court of Missouri · 1850
- Hall v. Bank of the CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1837
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- State v. KroegerSupreme Court of Missouri · 1871