Dresser v. Missouri & Iowa Railway Construction Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Iowa.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Hunt
This action is brought upon three several promissory notes made by the Missouri and Iowa Railway Construction Company, dated Nov. 1,1872, payable at two, three, and four months, to the order of William Irwin, for the aggregate amount of $10,000.
The defence is made that they were obtained by his fraudulent representations.
But a single point requires discussion. Conceding that the present plaintiff received the notes before maturity, and that his holding is bona fide, the question is as to the amount of his recovery.
Under the ruling of the court he recovered $500. His contestation is, that he…
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