61 Iowa 166 | Iowa | 1883
— The amount in controversy being less than $100, the trial judge certified the questions of law upon which it is desirable to have the opinion of this court, as follows: “That the action was brought to recover the amount due upon a promissory note, of which the following is a true copy, to wit:
‘Postoeeice, Sargent, County oe "Woodbury, ‘60.-00. State oe Iowa, Township Liberty,
‘October 18,1880.
‘Twelve months after date (or before if made out of the sale of Drake’s Horse Hay Fork and Hay Carrier), I promise to pay to James 33. Drake, or bearer, Sixty Dollars, negotiable and payable at the First National Bank, Sioux City, la., with ten per cent, interest after date until paid. If
“That at the time said note was executed the spaces occupied by the word First, just preceding National Bank, and Sioux City, la., just following, were left blank, and orally agreed by the parties thereto to be left blank, so that the note could not be collected or sued at any other place than the residence of the maker thereof, which was twelve miles from Sioux City, in a different township, in which there was no national bank.
“That the payee in said note, contrary to said oral agreement, filled said blank spaces with the words First and Sioux City, la.
“Is the' foregoing note negotiable in form ?
“Can the payor thereof, in an action by an innocent holder for value before maturity, and without notice of the oral agreement above named, show said oral agreement against the objections of said innocent holder?”
Affirmed.