Chappell v. Allen
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from St. Louis Court of Common Pleas. The plaintiff sued as endorsee of several promissory notes, executed by the Terre Haute, Alton and St. Louis Railroad Company as makers, and endorsed by Valentine & Co. (a firm composed of Charles H. Valentine, J. S. Dunlap and J. H. Alexander) and Thomas Allen; one for $2,176.18, dated November 18, 1857, to order of Thomas Allen, payable at nine months; one for $2,120.76, at twelve mdnths, to the order of Allen, and endorsed by…
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Appeal from St. Louis Court of Common Pleas. The plaintiff sued as endorsee of several promissory notes, executed by the Terre Haute, Alton and St. Louis Railroad Company as makers, and endorsed by Valentine & Co. (a firm composed of Charles H. Valentine, J. S. Dunlap and J. H. Alexander) and Thomas Allen; one for $2,176.18, dated November 18, 1857, to order of Thomas Allen, payable at nine months; one for $2,120.76, at twelve mdnths, to the order of Allen, and endorsed by him and Valentine & Co.; one for $2,277.34, at fifteen months, to order of Allen, endorsed in the same order; and one for…
1Opinion of the CourtWagner, Judge
It will be unnecessary to give a summary of all the facts in this case, or to notice in detail all the points made. The whole transaction, from the endorsement of the notes by Allen, in 1857, to Valentine & Co. to the final close of the . business after the execution of the second deed of trust by Alexander, must be taken into consideration to form a correct conclusion as to the legal merits' and claims of the parties. The first deed of trust was made to secure and save harmless Allen from all loss which he might sustain or incur in consequence of his endorsements, and the notes now sued on,…
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