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38 Ala. 57

Cloud v. Whiting

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided June 15, 1861

Supreme Court of Alabama · decided 1861-06-15

Tried before tbe Hon. S. D. Hale. This action was brought by John Whiting, against N. Cloud and A. Underwood; and was founded on tbe defendants’ promissory, note for $3,240,, dated tbe 1st June,, '1856, and payable twelve months after 'date, to the order t»f M. P. Blue, by whom it was ‘endorsed to the plaintiff.

Cited by 3 later decisions — most recently December 1888

3 state decisions

Relies on Lanier v. Hill · Clements v. Loggins · Powers v. Talbott

Good law ✅— No negative treatment on recordhow we know

Decided 1861-06-15

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R. W. WALKER, J.

¶1Where the maker of a note "is inquired of by one wishing to purchase it, -whether he "has any defense against it, and answers that he has none, this estops him from afterwards setting up any defense which existed at the time, within his knowledge, but he does not thereby preclude himself from making a defense subsequently arising out of the original contract; such, for example, as a total failure of the consideration. When, however, the note is purchased by a third person on the faith of a promise by the maker to pay it, the latter is thereby estopped from setting up the invalidity of the note as between himself and the payee, whether on the ground of fraud in the original contract, not known to the maker at the time of such promise, or of subsequent failure of consideration ; and will be compelled' to pay the assignee at all events. Clements v. Loggins, 2 Ala. 514; Maury v. Coleman, 24 Ala. 381; Lanier v. Hill, 25 Ala. 554; Drake v. Foster, 28 Ala. 654; Plant v. Vogelin, 30 Ala. 160; Powers v. Talbott, 11 Ind. 1; Rose v. Wallace, ib. 112.

¶2..'Judgment affirmed.

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