Carr v. Welch

Citations

• 46 Ill. 88

Syllabus

<p>1. Promissory Note—memorandum thereon—alteration. Where a promissory note, written in black ink, and payable six months after date, without interest, had written in its right-hand corner, in red ink, the words: “ten per cent, after due:” Edd, that there being no proof in regard to these words, they were designed tobe a mere memorandum, and not apart of the note, and constituted no material alteration of it.</p> <p>2. It is immaterial whether a memorandum is placed upon the face or back of a note, if done in such mode as to deceive or injure no one, and which shows that no fraud could have been intended.</p> <p>3. Former Decisions. The case of Knoles v. Hill, 25 Ill. 288, cited in point.</p>