Hart v. Harrison Wire Co.
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from St. Louis Qity Circuit Court. — Hon. W. H. Horner, Judge. (1) The petition fails to state facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action against defendants, Leete & Harrison, as endorsers of a negotiable note.
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Appeal from St. Louis Qity Circuit Court. — Hon. W. H. Horner, Judge. (1) The petition fails to state facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action against defendants, Leete & Harrison, as endorsers of a negotiable note. R. S,. sec. 547; Jaccard v. Anderson, 32 Mo. 188; Simmons v. Belt, 35 Mo. 461; Lindsay v. Parsons, 34 Mo. 422; Townsend v. Dry Goods Qo., 85 Mo. 503. (2) So the petition fails to state a cause of action against said defendants as endorsers of a non-negotiablenote. Jaccard v. Anderson and Simmons v. Belt, supra. (3) The defects in the petition are not cured by the verdict.…
1Opinion of the CourtRay, J.
The amended petition, on which this action was tried, is as follows :
“Plaintiff states that the defendant, the Harrison Wire Company, is a corporation duly incorporated under the laws of the state of Missouri, with its principal office and place of business in the city of St. Louis, in the state of Missouri, and was, at the dates hereinafter mentioned, engaged.in carrying on a manufacturing business, in said city of St. Louis ; that, on the sixteenth day of June, 1884, in the due course of its said business, for value received, it made and executed its certain promissory note, a true copy of…
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