Morse v. Hagenah
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Sauk County. The action is upon a promissory note for $10,000, signed in a firm name by one of the copartners, and by other makers, payable to the Eeedsburg Bank, and by the bank assigned to the plaintiff. Peter Ilagenah, a member of the firm, denies that it ever executed the note or is liable thereon, and appeals from the judgment as against himself.
1Opinion of the CourtCole, C. J.
The defense of Peter Hagenah to the note in suit is that it was not given for any indebtedness or liability of the firm of Hagenahs & Geffert, and that the firm received no benefit from the consideration of the note. It is not claimed that the note was signed by him, but the firm name was signed to it by his brother John, who was the financial manager of the firm and usually executed its notes. Peter's contention is that he had no knowledge of the giving of the note, never assented to it, and that the note was executed for a purpose outside the partnership business, therefore he is not…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Fletcher v. IngramWisconsin Supreme Court · 1879
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