Falk v. Moebs

Citations

• 127 U.S. 597
• 8 S. Ct. 1319
• 32 L. Ed. 266
• 1888 U.S. LEXIS 2023

Syllabus

<p>A promissory note which reads: “ Four months after date we promise to pay to the order of George Moebs, Sec. & Treas., ten hundred sixty-one & dollars, at Merchants’ & Manufacturers’ National Bank, value received,” signed: “ Peninsular Cigar Co., Geo. Moebs, Sec. & Treas.,” and indorsed : “ Geo. Moebs, Sec. & Treas.,” is a note drawn by, payable to, and indorsed by the corporation, and without ambiguity in the indorsement; and evidence is not admissible to show that it was the intention of the indorser in making the indorsement to bind himself personally.</p>