Stevens v. Stanley

The appellant, plaintiff in the court below, filed suit upon certain promissory notes executed by the appellee, E. A. Stanley, to .the Brenard Manufacturing Company and payable to its order. The defense of the appellee was that the notes were fraudulently procured by the agent of the Brenard Manufacturing Company by making false representations as to the transaction involved for which the notes were given. The appellee also pleaded the general issue, and a special plea alleging that the appellant was not a purchaser of said notes for value without notice, but that he was aware of the…