Cheney v. Hovey
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from Atchison District Court. Prior to May 4, 1882, Ida E. Howe, the wife of George W. Howe, was engaged in the boot and shoe business at Atchison, Kan., as I. E. Howe & Co., the husband being the manager thereof.
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Error from Atchison District Court. Prior to May 4, 1882, Ida E. Howe, the wife of George W. Howe, was engaged in the boot and shoe business at Atchison, Kan., as I. E. Howe & Co., the husband being the manager thereof. On May 1,1882, Mrs. Howe and her husband executed a promissory note for $10,000, payable to the order of Abbie R. Parsons, the mother of Mrs. Howe, residing at Worcester, Mass.; and they secured this note by mortgage on a farm of 150 acres near Atchison, which Mrs. Howe had recently purchased, and which she and her husband occupied as a home. The note was sent at once by mail…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Martin, C. J.: I. The real controversy in the court below between Hovey, as plaintiff, and Cheney, Cross, and the First National Bank of Jerseyville, as defendants, was as to the bona Jules of the $10,000 note and mortgage to Abbie R. Parsons, and the indorsement, assignment, and transfer of the same to Hovey. We deem it unnecessary to review the evidence, although we have read and considered it all, as earnestly requested by counsel for plaintiffs in error. There is much conflicting testimony, taken orally and by deposition ; and if this court were…
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