Stringfellow v. Petty

Citations

• 14 N.M. 14
• 89 P. 258

Syllabus

<p>SYLLABUS.</p> <p>1. A verdict on conflicting evidence will not be disturbed on appeal.</p> <p>2. One who had an account at a store agreed to pay interest on the account, and to give his note for the account. A salesman of the creditor, who was ignorant of the agreement as to interest, prepared a note which did not include accrued interest, and, on discovering the omission, the secretary of the creditor, a corporation, altered the note so -as to bring the amount up to t'he principal and' interest, and the debtor ratified the alteration. Held, that the debtor could not escape liability on the note under the principle that a forgery cannot be ratified.</p>