Reports of Civil And Criminal Cases Decided By the ..., volume 4; volume 61
Reports of Civil And Criminal Cases Decided By the ..., volume 4; volume 61
Kentucky. Court of Appeals, James Hughes, Achilles Sneed, Martin D. Hardin, George Minos Bibb, Kentucky (District). Supreme Court, Alexander Keith Marshall, William Littell
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The sole question to be decided is, whether the defendants are individually liable on the note, or whether it is the obliga- tion of the corporation mentioned in it. This, of course, is a question of intention to be determined from what appears on the face of the writing. It is true, as contended, that the later cases on this subject have, to some extent, modified the rule adopted in the earlier cases, the ap- plication of which rule, instead of giving effect to the obvious intent of the partie...s, often defeated it. But none of the cases have gone to the extent of varying the legal import of the contract, according to the natural meaning of the terms em- ployed by the parties. The case of Nash vs. Roberts, (1 B. Mon., 201,) is analogous to the present case in every material particular. There the defendants,
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