Holland Banking Co. v. Booth
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Sebastian 'Circuit 'Court, Greenwood District; Dcmiel Hon, Judge'; STATEMENT BY THE COURT. These suits were instituted by the appellant, a Missouri corporation, to recover upon certain promissory notes. The complaints in each case were substantially the same, the only difference being as to the amounts, dates 'and time of maturity .of the notes, and the notes were executed by different sets of makers, who are the appellees herein.
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Appeal from Sebastian 'Circuit 'Court, Greenwood District; Dcmiel Hon, Judge'; STATEMENT BY THE COURT. These suits were instituted by the appellant, a Missouri corporation, to recover upon certain promissory notes. The complaints in each case were substantially the same, the only difference being as to the amounts, dates 'and time of maturity .of the notes, and the notes were executed by different sets of makers, who are the appellees herein. The notes were the same in form and it will be sufficient to .give substantially the provisions of one of them. In the notes the makers jointly and…
1Opinion of the Court
Wood, J.,
(after stating the facts). (1) Counsel for appellant contend that the uncontradicted evidence shows that the appellant was a bona fide holder of the notes for value before maturity, and that the court therefore erred in refusing its prayer for ,a directed verdict. They say that the answer wholly fails to allege that the Holland Banking Company had, at the time of its purchase of the notes, any notice or knowledge of the 'alleged misrepresentations of the agent of the Holland Stock Farm, nor does the proof, taken in its strongest light, show that the hanking company had knowledge of…
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