Matlock v. Wheeler
Oregon Supreme Court
Appeal from Lane: J. C. Fullerton, Judge. This action was instituted to recover on a promissory note calling for the sum of one thousand one hundred and seventy dollars on or before September ninth., eighteen hundred and ninety-three, with interest at ten per cent, per annum from maturity, executed and delivered to J. D. Matlock, October twenty-second, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, by the defendants A. Wheeler, E. J. Crawford, J. N. B. Fuller, and J. G. Goodale.
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Appeal from Lane: J. C. Fullerton, Judge. This action was instituted to recover on a promissory note calling for the sum of one thousand one hundred and seventy dollars on or before September ninth., eighteen hundred and ninety-three, with interest at ten per cent, per annum from maturity, executed and delivered to J. D. Matlock, October twenty-second, eighteen hundred and ninety-two, by the defendants A. Wheeler, E. J. Crawford, J. N. B. Fuller, and J. G. Goodale. The complaint, after setting out the note, contains this allegation: “That said note was executed for a prior indebtedness, and,…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Wolverton.
The plaintiff, testifying in his own behalf, gave evidence in chief tending to show that a few days after the execution of the note the defendant Wheeler came to his place of business, and stated that there was a mistake in the note; that it. was given for too much money, and to correct it he wanted a credit of one hundred and ninety-five dollars ■ indorsed thereon, and to have the note draw interest from date, and continuing, said: “He showed me some figures by which I saw he was right. I told Mr. Wheeler I would give the credit on the note, and make the…
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