Case Name: Stout & Co. v. Noteman et al.
Court: Iowa Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Iowa
Decision Date: 1870-12-23
Citations: 30 Iowa 414
Docket Number: 
Parties: Stout & Co. v. Noteman et al.
Judges: 
Reporter: Iowa Reports
Volume: 30
Pages: 406–407

Head Matter:
Stout & Co. v. Noteman et al.
Parties: promissory note. An indorser, in full, of a promissory-note payable to bearer, may be joined in a suit against the maker, and the action may be properly commenced in the county where the indorser resides, though the maker resides in a different county.
Appeal from Bucbmcm District Gowrt.
Friday, December 23.
Action in Buchanan county upon a negotiable promissory note made by the defendant Noteman, in Story county, Iowa, payable one year after date to Alfred Ingalls, or bearer; indorsed in full by the defendant Robbins to the plaintiffs. Noteman is sued as maker, and the defendant Robbins is sued as, and is averred to be, an indorser of the note to plaintiffs. The defendant Noteman moved for a change of venue to Story county, which was overruled, and he alone appeals.
J. S. Frazier for the appellant.
No appearance for the appellees.

Opinion:
Cole, Ch. J.
The only question made in this appeal is as to the correctness of the action of the court below upon the defendant Noteman's motion for a change of venue, in overruling the same. The transcript shows that the defendant Noteman made the note in Story county ; that he still resides in that county, and was served with notice there; that the defendant Robbins is an indorser of the note, and resides in Buchanan county, where this action was brought and notice served upon him. Our statute provides, section 2800 (1701): "Except where otherwise provided herein, personal actions must be brought in the county wherein some of the defendants actually reside. ^ This action was thus brought, and the court properly overruled the motion. Tucker v. Shiner et al" 28 Iowa. But it is suggested in argument that Robbins not being a payee, indorsee or assignee of the instrument, became only a guarantor thereof by his indorsement (Rev., § 1800), could not be sued thereon with the maker. Whether, if he was sued as guarantor, he might not be regarded as one of the "parties to negotiable paper" and properly joined, we need not decide in this case, but see Tucker v. Shiner, supra, for his was not a " blank indorsement of the instrument," but was in full. He is sued as indorsee, and the defendant's affidavit for a change of venue states that he is " an indorser to said note." As such he surely was properly joined, under Revision, section 2764.
Affirmed.