Merchant's Insurance v. Hauck
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Buchanan Circuit Court.- Hon. Silas Woodson, Special Judge. (1) The plaintiff, by its charter, was authorized to take the note shed on. (2) Plaintiff’s third instruction should have been given.
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Appeal from Buchanan Circuit Court.- Hon. Silas Woodson, Special Judge. (1) The plaintiff, by its charter, was authorized to take the note shed on. (2) Plaintiff’s third instruction should have been given. Porter v. Hodenpuyl, 9 Mich. 11; Bank v. Whitman, 66 Ill. 331; Hinds v. Ingram, 31 Ill. 400; Rindskoff v. Doman, 28 O. St. 416; Long v. Disner, 71 Mo. 452. (3) The general denial of the allegations contained in the new matter of defendant’s answer, and the further reply that defendant, ‘ after aE the payments referred to in the answer, well knowing the facts connected therewith, promised to…
1Opinion of the Court
Ewing, C.
This suit was commenced to recover an alleged balance on the following note:
“Ninety days after date we promise to pay to the order of David Pinger, five thousand dollars for value received, negotiable and payable without defalcation or discount at the office of the Merchants’ Insurance Company, St. Joseph, Missouri, with interest at the rate of ten per cent, per annum from maturity.
Pinger and Browne,
George M. Hauck.”
Defendant filed an amended answer, admitting the execution of. the note, alleging that he and Pinger were *24joint sureties merely for Pinger and- Browne, and that such…
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