Bank of Herington v. Wangerin

Citations

• 65 Kan. 423
• 70 P. 330
• 59 L.R.A. 717
• 1902 Kan. LEXIS 68

Syllabus

<p>SYLLABUS BY THE COURT.</p> <p>1. Promissory Notes — Fraudulent Alteration. Where a negotiable instrument is delivered to a payee, complete in all of its • parts, the maker thereof is not liable thereon, even to an innocent holder, .after the same has been fraudulently altered so as to ex press a larger amount than was written therein at the time of its execution.</p> <p>2. -Duty of Maher. Such maker is not bound, at his peril,to guard against the commission of forgery by one into whose hands such instrument may come.</p>