Legal Opinion
Carruth v. Walker
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Decided June 15, 1859PublishedCited by 3 opinions
APPEAL PROM CIRCUIT COURT, ROCK COUNTY. The facts in this case are fully stated in the opinion of the Court.
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court,
Whiton, C. J.
The appellant was sued as indorser of a promissory note, of which the following is a copy:
“ Dolls. 7,500. Philadelphia, 2 Mo. 22d, 1853.
On the tenth day of December next, for value received, I promise to pay N. A. Middleton seven thousand five *253hundred dollars, payable and negotiable without defalcation, at the Bank of Pennsylvania.
Signed, JOHN W. MIDDLETON
Indorsed — N. A. MiddletoN.
Pay to the order of Charles Abert.
R. J. Walker,
CHARLES Abert,
Wood, Brothers & Co.”
It is objected that as this is not, by the law merchant, a negotiable promissory note, this action cannot…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- M'Conkey v. M'ConkeySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1840
3Cited by3 opinions
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