Frace
Frace v. Brown
Opinion
Lead Opinion
Chipman, J.
This is an action upon a promissory note dated December 15, 1888, due thirty days after date, executed and delivered by one A. A. Bonney to defendant, and by him indorsed to plaintiff on February 5,1889. Plaintiff alleges that the note was indorsed by defendant, after the same had been dishonored by nonpayment, and for a good and sufficient consideration; that at that time defendant waived all presentation of the note to said Bonney for payment and also notice of nonpayment. This alleged waiver is founded upon certain facts set forth in the complaint, the substance of which is that plaintiff loaned the money, for which the note was given, to defendant to assist the maker of the note, who, it is alleged, was defendant’s partner in business, and by defendant’s direction plaintiff paid the money (two thousand dollars) to Bonney, who then resided at Dalles, Oregon, where the note was executed. The alleged agreement between plaintiff and defendant appears to have been made at the town of Rio Vista, Solano county, where they then resided. The complaint is verified. Defendant denies specifically the al *326 legations of plaintiff’s complaint, and sets ont that the money was in fact…