Dixon v. Miller
Nevada Supreme Court
Appeal from Second Judicial-District Court, Washoe County; Thomas F. Mor an, Judge. Action by J. B. Dixon against A. Grant Miller, From a judgment for defendant, plaintiff appeals. The making of the note was presumptively within the knowledge of the defendant. 31 Cyc. 199; 1 Ency. PI. & Pr. 811, fet seq.; Spencer v. Levy, 173 S. W. 550; Brown v. Martin, 23 Cal.
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Appeal from Second Judicial-District Court, Washoe County; Thomas F. Mor an, Judge. Action by J. B. Dixon against A. Grant Miller, From a judgment for defendant, plaintiff appeals. The making of the note was presumptively within the knowledge of the defendant. 31 Cyc. 199; 1 Ency. PI. & Pr. 811, fet seq.; Spencer v. Levy, 173 S. W. 550; Brown v. Martin, 23 Cal. App. 736; Allen v. Surety Co., 129 N. Y. Supp. 228; Raymond v. Johnson, 17 Wash. 232; Howes v. Corti B. Co., 135 N. Y. Supp. 562. Appellant seeks to make respondent liable for a deal that never was his own, and liable upon a note which…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court,
Ducker, J.:
The appellant and respondent are attorneys at law. The appellant, who was plaintiff in the court below, brought this action on a promissory note of which the following is a copy:
“$1,500.00 Reno, Nevada, June 14, 1910.
“Three months after date, for value received, I promise to pay to J. B. Dixon or order, the sum of fifteen hundred dollars with interest at the rate of eight per cent per annum until paid. In case this note is not paid at maturity and proceedings are taken to collect the same in court or otherwise, I agree to pay in addition to principal, interest and…
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