Clapp v. Rice

This case comes before us upon exceptions to a pro forma ruling of the judge before whom it was tried in the court of common pleas, that the plaintiffs were entitled to recover upon the facts appearing at the trial. The plaintiffs claimed contribution toward the payment of a promissory note which they had paid to the Franklin County Bank. The note was made by the Troy and Greenfield Railroad Company, and signed by W. T. Davis, the treasurer of the company, payable to the order of W. T. Davis, treasurer, and bore upon its back the indorsement of W. T. Davis, treasurer, and the names of the…