Indianapolis Piano Manufacturing Co. v. Caven

John Caven, the appellee, sued The Indianapolis Piano Manufacturing Company, as the maker, and William J. II. Robinson, Jacob C. Geisendorff, Christian E. Geisendorff, Isaac Thalman and William W. Leathers,' as endorsers, in the court below, on a promissory note dated July 23d, 1872, and payable at Harrison’s Bank, of Indianapolis, ninety days after date, for the sum of four thousand dollars.

Robinson made default. The Indianapolis Piano Manufacturing Company and Leathers each answered separately, and the remaining defendants answered together. Issues were formed on these answers, involving,…