Visher v. Webster

Citations

• 8 Cal. 109
• 1857 Cal. LEXIS 308

Syllabus

<p>Where a note is given with the rate of interest in blank, and the holder inserts therein a sum for interest without the knowledge or consent of the maker, it does not become thereby void.</p> <p>To fill a blank in a note is not an alteration thereof, within the meaning of the rule.</p> <p>The declarations and acts of a vendor before sale, are competent testimony to show a fraudulent intent on his part, in a suit to impeach the sale on the ground of fraud. The case of Landecker v. Houghtaling affirmed.</p>