Columbia National Bank v. Stine

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Hutchison, J.:

This is an action on a promissory note to recover a balance of $135 with interest where the note was regularly indorsed to the plaintiff bank as collateral security. The plaintiff was found by the jury to be a holder in due course, having acquired it before maturity, but the general verdict was for the defendant and judgment was accordingly rendered for the defendant, from which the plaintiff appeals, urging particularly that instruction No. 7 given by the court was erroneous and a misstatement of the law applicable to the case.

The case…