Vass v. . Riddick
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Civil ACTION tried at Fall Term, 1883, of Wake Superior Court, before Shepherd, J. The action was brought upon a promissory note, of which the following is a copy: We promise to pay to the order of W. W. Vass, 1 year after date, the sum of two hundred and fifty dollars for money borrowed — note to draw eight per cent, interest after maturity. Dated, Raleigh, February 13, 1880, and signed by Leroy G. Bagley, W. H. Bagley and N. J. Riddick.
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Civil ACTION tried at Fall Term, 1883, of Wake Superior Court, before Shepherd, J. The action was brought upon a promissory note, of which the following is a copy: We promise to pay to the order of W. W. Vass, 1 year after date, the sum of two hundred and fifty dollars for money borrowed — note to draw eight per cent, interest after maturity. Dated, Raleigh, February 13, 1880, and signed by Leroy G. Bagley, W. H. Bagley and N. J. Riddick. W. H. Bagley denied the execution of the note, and the defendant Riddick admitted its execution, but averred that the note had been altered in a material…
1Opinion of the CourtAsi-ie, J.
On the trial, it was conceded that when Riddick signed the note the names of Leroy G. Bagley and W. H. Bag-ley were on the note, and that he signed the same believing the name of W. H. Bagley to be genuine. It was admitted that, on or about the date of the note, and after Riddick had signed it, Leroy G. Bagley took it to the plaintiff, who, believing the signatures of all the signers of the note to be genuine, loaned the amount of the note, less one year’s interest, and that no part of the same had been paid.
After the verdict was rendered, the question of the liability of the defendant upon…
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