Riggle v. Daines Manufacturing Co.

CROCKETT, Chief Justice.

The plaintiffs Riggle sued the Daineses, a partnership, for the balance due on a promissory note in the amount of $10,000 which was to be repaid over a period of five years and with 6 per cent interest.1 The facts that the defendants received the money, that they duly signed and executed the note, and that the balance remains unpaid are not in question. The defense asserted was: that there was a separate collateral contract (which has now been lost) by the terms of which the plaintiff Frank Riggle was to render to defendants certain services as a business and…