Case Name: Hall v. Harris and Another
Court: Supreme Court of Indiana
Jurisdiction: Indiana
Decision Date: 1861-05-31
Citations: 16 Ind. 180
Docket Number: 
Parties: Hall v. Harris and Another.
Judges: 
Reporter: Indiana Reports
Volume: 16
Pages: 180–181

Head Matter:
Hall v. Harris and Another.
Friday, May 31.
Suit 'upon a promissory note, dated at “ Piqua, Ohio,” and payable at the Branch of the State Bank of Ohio, at that place.
Held, that the note bore on its face presumptive evidence that it was mado in Ohio.
Held, also, that the makers of the note were estopped to deny the legal existence of the State Bank of Ohio, at the time the note was given.
APPEAL from the Grant Common Pleas.

Opinion:
Per Guriam.
Suit upon four notes, of which we copy one as a sample of the others.
" $97 TV\
" On or before January 1, 1859, for value received, I promise to pay Moffit c& Johnson, or order, at the Piqua Branch, of the State Bank of Ohio, the sum of ninety-two TV5o dollars, with ten per cent, interest from date, until paid, without any relief whatever from valuation .or appraisement laws of Indiana-
A. Steele and H. D. Thompson, for the appellant.
• John Brownlee, for the appellees.
"Piqua, Ohio, Nov. 5, 1858. John F. Hall."
This note shows, on its face, that it was made in Ohio.
The law of Ohio was pleaded, and proved by a certified copy from the Secretary of State of Ohio, under the seal of the State; which law authorized 10 per cent, interest.
The party was estopped by his note, to deny the existence, at its date, of the State Bank of Ohio.
We discover no error in the case.
The judgment is affirmed, with 5 per cent, damages and costs.