Goebel v. Linn

The action in this case is upon a promissory note given by defendants, October 20, 1880, to the Belle Isle Ice Co., and by that company transferred to the plaintiffs after it fell due. The execution of the note is admitted, and the only question in the case is, whether the defendants have established any defence to it.

The defence set up is that the note was obtained without consideration, and by means of duress. The facts which are supposed to show duress are the following :

November 8, 1879, the Belle Isle Ice Co. entered into a contract with the defendants below, who are brewers in the city…