Pyle v. East
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Hamilton District Court. — C. E. Albrook, Judge. Action at law upon a promissory note -made by the defendants in the lifetime of the intestate. There was a judgment for plaintiff, and defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtWeaver, J.
The defendants admit the making of the note in suit, but allege that, at the time of its execution, and as a part of the same transaction, the payees therein named endorsed and signed upon the back of said instrument an agreement as follows: “This note is to be void and to become the property of W. R. East at the death of the undersigned. (Signed) Michael Morris and witnessed by J. E. Sogard.” They further allege that, at the time of making said note and the endorsement thereon, said instrument was, by agreement of parties, placed in the hands of a third person, J. E. Sogard, to hold and…
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