Brewster State Bank v. Johnson
Brewster State Bank v. Johnson
Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
The plaintiff bank sued on a promissory note. The verified answer and cross petition alleged that the note was given in conditional payment for a bull tractor, that it was agreed between the plaintiff, by its officers, and the defendant that if the tractor failed to work satisfactorily the note should be returned and the sale canceled; that the tractor failed to work; and that there was a refusal to comply with the conditions of the note. The trial" court placed the burden of proof on the defendant, sustained a demurrer to his testimony, and entered judgment for the plaintiff without submitting the matter to the jury. The defendant appeals.
It is argued that there was no express warranty, and no implied warranty upon which the defendant could rely, only a mere assurance after the purchase of the tractor that it would
It is suggested that the answer was an attempt to rescind and recover the note because of failure of consideration, and that the defendant has not brought himself within the law of rescission. As to the latter the record does not advise us, but it is not difficult to discover in the answer an attempt to plead a failure of consideration, which failure the evidence tended to uphold.
Whatever the ultimate facts or rights of the case may be, the demurrer was erroneously sustained.
The judgment is reversed and the cause remanded for further proceedings.
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- The Brewster State Bank v. N. V. Johnson
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- SYLLABUS BY THE COURT. Conditional Sale — Bull Tractor — Failure of Condition — Question of Fact for Jury. The verified answer and cross petition averred that the note sued on was given for a tractor on condition that the tractor should work successfully, and that it failed so to work. The evidence of the defendant, on whom the burden of proof was placed, tended to support such averment. A demurrer to this evidence was sustained, and judgment was rendered for the plaintiff without submitting the matter to the jury. Held, error.