Cincinnati Discount Co. v. Asher

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Johnston, C. J.:

The Cincinnati Discount Company broüght this action against the Commercial National Bank at Hutchinson and A. E. Asher, its president, to recover money paid for alleged fictitious and worthless promissory notes purchased from J. J. Gouy, in reliance upon representations made by Asher as to Gouy’s standing. At the trial a demurrer to plaintiff’s evidence interposed by the bank was sustained and. the cause proceeded as to the other defendant. The jury returned a verdict in plaintiff’s favor in the sum of one dollar, and the court set…