Cedar Rapids National Bank v. Carlson
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Linn District Court. — Hon. Milo P. Smith, Judge. Action to recover the amount due on two promissory notes, dated December 15, 1903, each for $800, and payable July 1, 1905, and July 1, 190Y respectively to the order of Henry Lefebure signed by the four persons named as defendants in the title of the action, as above given, and-others.
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Appeal from Linn District Court. — Hon. Milo P. Smith, Judge. Action to recover the amount due on two promissory notes, dated December 15, 1903, each for $800, and payable July 1, 1905, and July 1, 190Y respectively to the order of Henry Lefebure signed by the four persons named as defendants in the title of the action, as above given, and-others. Plaintiff alleged that it became the holder of said notes for value and in good faith, before maturity, without any notice of defenses thereto. The other signers of the notes were named as defendants; -but,, not being served with notice of the…
1Opinion of the CourtMcClain, C. J.
For the purpose of effecting the sale *348of a stallion for $2,400, one Lefebure, who is the payee of the notes sued on in this action, through his regularly employed agent, Headley, and two or three local assistants secured for the purpose, attempted to find twenty-four persons of the vicinity in which' the negotiations were carried on to obligate themselves, in writing, to join in the purchase of such horse. After these negotiations had been for some time in progress, those who had taken an interest in the matter met on December 15, 1903, at the house of defendant Carlson, who had been…
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