Long v. Lawson
Long v. Lawson
Opinion of the Court
The payee of a promissory note for $130 brought suit against the maker. The defense set up was, that the true amount of the note should have been $88; that the maker was an ignorant man, who could neither read nor write; that he had bought > from the payee eleven head of cattle for the sum of $88, which constituted the consideration of the note; that he had been fraudulently misled as to the amount of the note when he signed it, by the false statement of the husband and authorized agent of the payee that the note was in fact for $88, and that he signed the note relying upon the truth of this statement. On this issue the court charged the jury, in substance and effect, that although the true amount of the note should have been $88, and not $130, yet if the defendant, with full knowledge that the plaintiff claimed $130 as the amount, paid a part of the note and promised to pay the balance, and secured an extension of time by his promise, he would be estopped from subsequently denying that the amount of the note was $130. This instruction was erroneous. While the conduct of the defendant was evidence of an implied admission that the true amount of the note was $130, as claimed by the plaintiff, yet such admission did not have the force and effect of an estoppel. When the maker of the note made a partial payment thereon, he was under
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