Legal Opinion
Schmidt v. West
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Indiana
Decided October 22, 1900No. 9,884PublishedCited by 9 opinions
In Equity. On demurrer to bill.
1Opinion of the Court
BAKER, District Judge.
This is a suit for the cancellation of a promissory note, a copy of which follows:
Ҥ5,000.00. February 13, 1897.
“Five years after date I promise to pay to the order of Elizabeth West five thousand dollars. Six per cent, interest until paid. Value received.
“George Schmidt.”
It is alleged that the defendant is pretending and claiming, and for six months last past has represented and stated to divers persons, that said written instrument is the genuine promissory note of the complainant, executed by him to her for a valuable consideration, and that it is a valid obligation…
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