Union National Bank of Chicago v. Cross
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Douglas county: A. J. YiNJe, Circuit Judge. This is an action to recover upon promissory notes aggregating over $31,000. The answer admitted the execution oi the notes, but alleged that the time for the payment of the same had been extended for a valuable consideration. The defendants were manufacturers of lumber at two small railway stations, called Hawthorne and Holmes, in Douglas county, Wisconsin.
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Appeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Douglas county: A. J. YiNJe, Circuit Judge. This is an action to recover upon promissory notes aggregating over $31,000. The answer admitted the execution oi the notes, but alleged that the time for the payment of the same had been extended for a valuable consideration. The defendants were manufacturers of lumber at two small railway stations, called Hawthorne and Holmes, in Douglas county, Wisconsin. At the time of the commencement of the action the plaintiff made affidavit for attachment on the ground that the defendants were nonresidents ■of…
1Opinion of the CourtWinslow, J.
The points made by the appellant will be considered in their natural order.
1. The action was upon promissory notes. The defense *177was that the time of payment had been extended. The allegation of the answer setting up the extension was as follows : “ These defendants, further answering said complaint, allege that a short time prior to the commencement of this action the said plaintiff, for a valuable consideration paid to it by the said defendants, did extend the time of payment on each of the said notes, and that there was nothing due to said plaintiff upon any of said notes at the time of thé…
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