Noble v. Beeman-Spaulding-Woodward Co.
Oregon Supreme Court
From Multnomah: John P. Kavanaugh, Judge. Statement by Mr. Justice Burnett. About March 30,1908, the Beeman-Spaulding-Woodward Company, hereinafter called the corporation, applied to the Hibernia Savings Bank, to be called the bank, for a loan of $2,500. The bank officers drew up a note of that date, of which here follows a copy: “$2,500. Portland, Ore., March 30, 1908. “On demand, after date, without grace, I promise to pay to the order of Hibernia Savings Bank at the…
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From Multnomah: John P. Kavanaugh, Judge. Statement by Mr. Justice Burnett. About March 30,1908, the Beeman-Spaulding-Woodward Company, hereinafter called the corporation, applied to the Hibernia Savings Bank, to be called the bank, for a loan of $2,500. The bank officers drew up a note of that date, of which here follows a copy: “$2,500. Portland, Ore., March 30, 1908. “On demand, after date, without grace, I promise to pay to the order of Hibernia Savings Bank at the Hibernia Savings Bank, of Portland, Oregon, twenty-five hundred dollars in gold coin of the United States of America, with…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Burnett
the court.
It may be conceded that as to the bank the plaintiff, who signed the writing on the back of the note, and the defendants in this action, all of whom signed the note as makers, were all directly liable. Such is the doctrine taught by all the cases cited in the defendant’s brief: Hungerford v. O’Brien, 37 Minn. 306 (34 N. W. 161); Hecht v. Acme Coal Co., 19 Wyo. 10 (113 Pac. 786); Walter A. Wood Co. v. Farnham, 1 Okl. 375 (33 Pac. 867); Roberts v. Hawkins, 70 Mich. 566 (38 N. W. 575), and other cases. The question, however, here to be determined is not between the bank and the parties…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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