Ostenberg v. Kavka

This is an action upon four promissory notes for $50 each. The defendant alleges that the notes were obtained by fraud, and that he has received no value therefor. The plaintiff denied that the notes were obtained by fraud, and alleges that he is an innocent purchaser and as such is entitled to recover thereon. Upon trial in the district court for Colfax county, there was a verdict and judgment in favor of the defendant, and the plaintiff has appealed.

It appears that in July, 1908, the defendant was in business in Surprise, Nebraska, and entered into a contract with the Overland Manufacturing…