Smith v. Walker
Smith v. Walker
Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
The opinion heretofore rendered in this case adjudged that if the assignees of the note on the appellant surrendered the note on Johnson in consideration of the assignment to them that the obligors in the note were estopped as against the assignees from impeaching the legality of the original consideration. Instruction No. 4, given at the instance of the appellees, Walker, etc., embraces this view of the case and was in perfect accordance with the opinion of this court. The instructions asked for by the appellants were properly refused, and if not, the instructions given by the court in lieu of the instruction asked for, presented the defense of the appellants to the jury, or the law applicable thereto, in a plain and intelligible manner. The jury were told “that if the note sued on was given for whisky that contained poisonous substance and was not of the kind contracted for, and that defendant offered to rescind the contract and return the whisky, then the defendant’s right to avoid the payment of the note had not been waived or lost as against either Mize or to his assignees unless they believe as defined in instruction No. 4. This instruction, as ‘already stated, was to th effect that if the note on Johnson was surrendered by the assignees in consideration of the assignment (the proof showing that it was assigned at the instance of both the obligor and obligees) that the facts then constituted no defense as against the assignees. The jury was further told that although no such offer was made to rescind the contract and the jury should find for Walker the amount of the note, but at the same time they
The judgment must be affirmed.
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