Plano Manufacturing Co. v. Frawley
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from tbe Circuit Court for St. Oroix County. Action upon a promissory note. The principal facts are stated in the opinion. The reparks of the counsel for the defendants, therein referred to, addressed to the jury, related to one 0. E. Storing, the principal witness for the plaintiff, who testified that he was the agent of the plaintiff and that his business consisted in maliing contracts and settlements for it.
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APPEAL from tbe Circuit Court for St. Oroix County. Action upon a promissory note. The principal facts are stated in the opinion. The reparks of the counsel for the defendants, therein referred to, addressed to the jury, related to one 0. E. Storing, the principal witness for the plaintiff, who testified that he was the agent of the plaintiff and that his business consisted in maliing contracts and settlements for it. Such remarks were as follows: “Mr. Storing is going around the country inveigling men into just such contracts as this, and he does nothing else except in the summer time, when…
1Opinion of the CourtTaylor, J.
The appellant brought an action against the respondents upon a promissory note for $812.34, signed “Ebawley & StepheNs.” The signature was in the hand-Avriting of Stephens. Fravaley answered, denying that he had signed said note, denying that Stephens had any authority from him to sign his name to the said note, and also denying that he was ever a partner of said Stephens. Upon the trial in the circuit court the jury found in favor of the defendant Frawley,' and judgment was rendered in his favor for $67.93 costs. The defendant Stephens made no defense to the action. ■ Erom the judgment…
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