Johnston v. Hoover
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Polh District Court.— IdoN. Jesse A. Miller, Judge. ActioN at law to recover - upon a promissory note. There was a directed verdict and judgment in favor of defendant, and plaintiff appeals.—
1Opinion of the Court
Bishop, J.—
The action was originally commended -be*144fore a Polk county justice of the peace. As declared upon, the note reads as follows: “$98.57. Audubon, Iowa, Dec. 9, 1905. 180 days after date I promise to pay to the order of Consolidated Adjustment Co. ninety-eight and 57-100 dollars at Des Moines, Iowa. Value received. [Signed] G. W. Hoover.” The' defendant answered in two counts.: (1) Pleading a material alteration in the note, in that after execution and delivery there had been written into the note the words “ Des Moines, Iowa,” ■ as the same now appears therein following the word “…
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