Citizens' State Bank v. Snelling
Montana Supreme Court
Appeal from, District Court, Musselshell County; Chas. L. Crum,, Judge. Action by the Citizens’ State Bank of Roundup against Ernest E. Snelling. From a judgment for plaintiff and an order denying him a new trial, defendant appeals. The case should not have been taken from the jury unless it appeared as a matter of law that no verdict could have been rendered for the appellant from any view which could reasonably be drawn from the evidence. {Cain v. Gold Mt. Min.
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Appeal from, District Court, Musselshell County; Chas. L. Crum,, Judge. Action by the Citizens’ State Bank of Roundup against Ernest E. Snelling. From a judgment for plaintiff and an order denying him a new trial, defendant appeals. The case should not have been taken from the jury unless it appeared as a matter of law that no verdict could have been rendered for the appellant from any view which could reasonably be drawn from the evidence. {Cain v. Gold Mt. Min. Co., 27 Mont. 529, 71 Pac. 1004; McCabe v. Montana Centred By. Co., 30 Mont. 323, 76 Pac. 701; Stewart v. Stone & Webster…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Cooper
This is an action on a promissory note for $1,000 dated December 11, 1914, and due six months after date. The complaint alleges execution and delivery to Baker on December 11, 1914; its transfer to plaintiff on December 12, 1914, for a valuable consideration, and nonpayment. The answer denies its transfer and delivery to plaintiff; and alleges affirmatively that if the plaintiff purchased the note, it did so long after maturity and notice of a valid defense thereto; that some time prior to December 11, 1914, one Baker, at Roundup in Mussel-shell county, endeavoring to sell stock in the…
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