Bettis v. Bristol
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Tama District Gou/rt. Action at law upon a promissory note. The cause was tried to the court without a jury, and judgment rendered for plaintiff. Defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtBeck, J.
T. The case was tried in the court below upon an agreed statement of facts, from which it appears that the note in suit was executed by defendant, for goods bought of Willoughby, Clark & Co., and was made payable to their order; that before maturity of the paper it was purchased in good faith, and for value, by plaintiff, and was delivered to him without indorsement; that soon after it was purchased and delivered, and before it matured, the payees wrote a letter to plaintiff, authorizing him to indorse the note in their names, *42■whereupon he executed the power thus^conferred on him, by making…
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- Badgley v. VotrainIllinois Supreme Court · 1873
- Ryan v. MayIllinois Supreme Court · 1852
- Younker ex rel. Ralston v. MartinSupreme Court of Iowa · 1864
- Roosa v. CristIllinois Supreme Court · 1856
- Fortier v. DarstIllinois Supreme Court · 1863
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