Crawford v. Johnson
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from Greene Circuit Court. — Hon. John Schmoolc, Special Judge. STATEMENT OE THE CASE. This suit was begun before a justice on the following note: “$100.00 Springfield, Mo., March 30, 1891. “On the day of the completion of the opera house, hereinafter mentioned, be it on the first day of December, 1891; or on the first day of March, 1892, at whichever of said days said opera house shall be completed and fitted up, I promise to pay to the order of W. W. Baldwin, one…
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Appeal from Greene Circuit Court. — Hon. John Schmoolc, Special Judge. STATEMENT OE THE CASE. This suit was begun before a justice on the following note: “$100.00 Springfield, Mo., March 30, 1891. “On the day of the completion of the opera house, hereinafter mentioned, be it on the first day of December, 1891; or on the first day of March, 1892, at whichever of said days said opera house shall be completed and fitted up, I promise to pay to the order of W. W. Baldwin, one hundred dollars, for value received, at the Commercial Bank of Springfield, Mo.” The note further recites its…
1Opinion of the CourtBond, J.
The promissory note in this case is a negotiable instrument by the terms of the statute enacted for the purpose of putting certain promissory notes upon the same footing as inland bills of exchange. To give promissory notes this quality, it is only necessary that they should express a promise to pay money at a time certain; or capable of being rendered certain, should designate the payee to whom or to whose order they are payable, and should be expressed to be for value received. R. S. 1899, sec. 457; Goodwin v. Buhler, 57 Mo. App. loc. cit. 67; Shoe & Clothing Co. v. Crosswhite, 124 Mo. loc.…
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