Van Norden v. Buckley
California Supreme Court
Appeal from the District Court of the Ninth Judicial District, Butte Comity. The facts of the case are contained in the special verdict of the jury, which appears in the opinion of the Court. The Court below gave judgment upon the verdict for the plaintiff. Defendants appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtHeydenfeldt, J.
Murray, C. J. concurred.
Suit against makers and endorsers of a note. The endorsers rely upon want of demand and notice. This defense is replied to With the assertion that the maker placed in the endorsers’ hands property which they sold and turned into money.
The facts, as found by the special verdict of the jury, are—
1. That the maker was indebted to the endorsers in various sums, and the latter were also their accommodation endorsers on this note.
2. The maker turned over property to the endorsers as general security, without any direction as to the application of the proceeds.
3. The property…
2Cited by1 opinion
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