Racine County Bank v. Keep
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from tbe Circuit Court for Eacine County. This was an action on a promissory note for $2000, made ,by tbe defendants to tbe plaintiff. The case is stated in the opinion of the court.
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APPEAL from tbe Circuit Court for Eacine County. This was an action on a promissory note for $2000, made ,by tbe defendants to tbe plaintiff. The case is stated in the opinion of the court. The circuit court instructed the jury as follows : “ 1. That if they believed from the evidence, that at the time said note was made and discounted, the cashier, Northrop, agreed with the defendants to take back said bills and pay gold for them at the rate of one and a half per cent, discount, then the defendants had a right to return said bills even after the failure of said bank, to the plaintiff for…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court,
Dixoít, 0. J.
This was an action of assump-sit upon a promissory note, commenced before tbe passage of tbe Code. Tbe plea was tbe general issue, to which was attached a notice of special matter, which set up in substance that tbe note was given for a discount made at its date; that no other money or consideration was paid for it by tbe plaintiff than bills of tbe Farmers’ & Merchants’ Bank of Memphis, Tennessee; that tbe bills were worthless, and tbe bank that issued them bankrupt f that at tbe time they were received by tbe defendant, and at tbe time of discounting tbe note, tbe…
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