Case Name: Hart v. Clouser
Court: Supreme Court of Indiana
Jurisdiction: Indiana
Decision Date: 1868-11
Citations: 30 Ind. 210
Docket Number: 
Parties: Hart v. Clouser.
Judges: 
Reporter: Indiana Reports
Volume: 30
Pages: 210–211

Head Matter:
Hart v. Clouser.
Promissory Note. — Surety.—The material alteration of a promissory note after its execution, -without the knowledge or consent of the surety, by adding a clause fixing the rate of interest, constitutes a good defense to a suit on the note so altered against the surety.
APPEAL from the Blackford Circuit Court.

Opinion:
Frazer, J.
Suit by the appellant against one Ervin and the appellee, upon a promissory note for one hundred and fifty dollars, with interest at eight per cent, per annum. The appellee answered under oath, that ho was only surety; that after the execution of the note, and without his knowledge or consent, the same had been materially altered by adding the clause fixing the rate of interest.
The case is hero on the evidence, which fully sustained the answer. "We perceive no reason for interference with the finding. The defense was complete without proof that an agreement was made between the creditor and principal debtor to extend the time of payment. The note sued on was not the note of the appellee.
J. Brownlee, for appellant.
A. B. Jetmore, W. A. Bonham, and J. T. Wells, for appellee.
The judgment is affirmed, with costs.