Dorsey v. Wellman

This action was brought upon a negotiable promissory note payable to bearer, by a second indorsee thereof. The answer is somewhat prolix, but, in substance, charges that *263the instrument was secured by one Sullivan, who falsely represented himself to defendant to be a physician duly licensed to practice medicine in Nebraska, and that he was the manager of a corporation engaged through its employees in the practice of medicine in this state. Defendant further stated that his wife was afflicted with disease, and that, relying on Sullivan’s statements and believing them to be true, he executed the…