Legal Opinion
Wolke v. Kuhne
Indiana Supreme Court
Decided January 27, 1887No. 12,825PublishedCited by 4 opinions
From the Allen Superior Court.
1Opinion of the CourtElliott, C. J.
Wolke, as principal, and Trentman, as surety, executed the promissory note in suit, payable to the order of “T. W. Woollen, Attorney General.”
There is evidence very satisfactorily showing that Kuhnebecame the owner of the note in good faith, for value, and without notice of any defence, before its maturity.
We incline to the opinion that the words added to the name of the payee are merely descriptive of the person, and can not, in any event, trammel the rights of a bona fide holder. Jackson School Tp. v. Farlow, 75 Ind. 118; Hayes v. Matthews, 63 Ind. 412; Hays v. Crutcher, 54 Ind. 260; Means…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Union School Township v. National BankIndiana Supreme Court · 1885
- Jackson School Township v. FarlowIndiana Supreme Court · 1881
- New v. WalkerIndiana Supreme Court · 1886
- Hays v. CrutcherIndiana Supreme Court · 1876
- Means v. SwormstedtIndiana Supreme Court · 1869
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Winer v. Bank of BlythevilleSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1909
- McMann v. WalkerSupreme Court of Colorado · 1903
- Creech v. HubbardIndiana Court of Appeals · 1927
- Crawford v. SpindlerIndiana Court of Appeals · 1913