Case Name: Dunkle et al. v. Nichols
Court: Supreme Court of Indiana
Jurisdiction: Indiana
Decision Date: 1885-04-25
Citations: 101 Ind. 473
Docket Number: No. 11,941
Parties: Dunkle et al. v. Nichols.
Judges: 
Reporter: Indiana Reports
Volume: 101
Pages: 473–474

Head Matter:
No. 11,941.
Dunkle et al. v. Nichols.
Pleading.— Written Instrument. — Reference to Copy of Instrument. — A pleading containing tlie statement, “ The said note is in the words and figures-following, to wit (here insert ‘Exhibit A,’ which is filed herewith and made a part hereof,) ” refers with reasonable certainty to the copy of the note filed with the pleading.
Promissory Note. — Demand.—It is not necessary to aver or prove a de mand for payment of a promissory note, designating the time of payment thus: “ On or before December 25th, 1881, after date, I promise to pay to the order of Mary Nichols five hundred and twenty-five dollars.”
Filed April 25, 1885.
From the Montgomery Circuit Court.
J. M. Thompson, W. B. Herod and W. H. Thompson, for appellants.
E. C. Snyder, for appellee.

Opinion:
Elliott, J.
The reference to the promissory note upon which the complaint is founded is not made in the most appropriate method, but it is nevertheless so made as to identify the instrument and incorporate it into the complaint. The reference is thus made: " That said note is in the words and figures following, to wit (here insert ' Exhibit A/ which is filed herewith and made a part hereof)." It appears with reasonable certainty that the note is filed as an exhibit and is the one upon which the complaint is based.' This is sufficient. Friddle v. Crane, 68 Ind. 583; Carper v. Kitt, 71 Ind. 24; Wall v. Galvin, 80 Ind. 447.
It is not necessary to aver and prove a demand for payment of a note, designating the time of payment in these words: "On or before December 25th, 1881, after date, I promise to pay to the order of Mary Nichols five hundred and twenty-five dollars."
Judgment affirmed.