21 Pa. Super. 102 | Pa. Super. Ct. | 1902
Opinion by
The defendants were joint makers of the promissory note upon which this action was brought. It was contended in the court below that it was apparent upon the face of the instrument that the date had been changed. The court upon inspection of the instrument so held and required the plaintiff to pro
When one who has signed a note, leaving the date blank, delivers it in that condition to a joint maker for the purpose of raising money upon it, he thereby impliedly authorizes that joint maker to fill in the date as of the time when the note is actually negotiated. If Morrow signed the note and delivered it to Calvert, leaving the date blank, for the purpose of raising money upon it, and Calvert filled in the date when the note was actually negotiated, Morrow was bound by his act. If the testimony of Lance, that Morrow filled in the date just as it appeared upon the note at the trial, was true, then anything that might have been suspicious in the appearance of the note was explained,,the plaintiff had met the burden by law imposed upon him and there was no error in admitting the note in evidence : Miller v. Stark, 148 Pa. 165; Hartley & Company v. Corboy, 150 Pa. 23 ; Craighead v. McLoney, 99 Pa. 211.
The evidence of the ratification of the note by Morrow, on August 10, 1896, was contradicted, and the facts were for the jury under the conflicting testimony. The defendant requested the court to charge that: “ Even if the jury did believe that Lance showed the |700 note to Morrow, and he took the note in his own hands, unless Morrow’s attention was called to the change or alteration in the note and he noticed that, it would not be satisfactory evidence to hold Morrow.” This point was refused, which ruling is the subject of the seventh and eighth assignments of error. We are not convinced, in view of the
The judgment is affirmed.