Strickland v. Holbrooke

Citations

• 75 Cal. 268
• 17 P. 204
• 1888 Cal. LEXIS 526

Syllabus

<p>Promissory Note—Sufficiency of Form—Interest.—An instrument in the following form, viz.: “ Grass Valley, July 8, 1882. $1,000. Three years from date, I promise to pay to Daniel Strickland, for value received, in United States gold coin, at the rate of ten per cent per annual,” — and signed by the makers, is a promissory note, and is in effect an agreement to pay one thousand dollars three years after the 8th of July, 1882, with interest thereon at the rate of ten per cent per annum.</p>