Legal Opinion

Potter v. Wooster

Supreme Court of Iowa

Decided April 6, 1860PublishedCited by 4 opinions

Appeal from Lee District Court. This was an action against W. IT. & R. Wooster, as tbe makers, and Wooster, Templin & Co., as the indorsers of a promissory note. Judgment was rendered by the District Court against both the makers and indorsers, from which defendants appeal.

1Opinion of the CourtBaldwin, J.

The errors will be noticed in the order in which they are assigned.

I. The court erred in refusing the instructions asked by the defendants, Wooster, Templin & Co. The principal points presented by the instructions thus asked for and refused by the court relate to the liability of appellants as indorsers of the note sued on, and the sufficiency of the protest offered in evidence by plaintiff to charge the defendants as indorsers. The appellate court can not determine upon the correctness of the ruling of the District Court in giving or refusing to give instructions asked by either party,…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. McKinney v. HartmanSupreme Court of Iowa · 1856
  2. Garber v. Morrison & WhiteSupreme Court of Iowa · 1858

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Graham v. City of GreenvilleTexas Supreme Court · 1886
  2. Cook v. MerrittSupreme Court of Colorado · 1890
  3. Reid v. MasonSupreme Court of Iowa · 1863
  4. Pheny v. MetcalfSupreme Court of Iowa · 1869

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