Hardy v. Hohl

*2The opinion of the court was delivered by

Scott, J.

This was an action upon a promissory note, and from the verdict and judgment thereon against him the defendant appeals. The defense was, that the note had been materially altered after its execution and delivery by the insertion of the word fifty in a space left in the printed form used for the insertion of an attorney’s fee. The insertion of this word made it appear as though an attorney’s fee of fifty dollars had been stipulated in case suit was brought to enforce collection of the note. The jury found for the plaintiff for the amount of the…