Crosett v. Whelan
California Supreme Court
Appeal from the District Court of the Fourth Judicial District, City and County of San Francisco. The defendants had judgment, and the plaintiff appealed. The other facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court, Crockett, J.:
The defendants are sued as guarantors of a promissory note made by one Dolan, of which the plaintiff claims to be the bona fide owner and holder for value, having become such, as he alleges, before maturity of the note, and without notice of any defense thereto. The guarantee of the defendants was made simply by indorsing their firm name on the back of the note before it was delivered by Dolan. The note was payable to one Sullivan, who indorsed the same without recourse, and in that form it came to the plaintiff’s hands.
The answer sets up as a defense :
1. That the…
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