Bellman v. Epstein

The appellant, Fannie J. Bellman, administratrix of the estate of Henry J. Bellman, deceased, brought this’suit in the municipal court of Chicago against the appellee, Max Epstein, upon a promissory note executed by the appellee to Henry J. Bellman, dated October 20, 1907, for $1000, due eight months after date. The defendant, in answer to the statement of claim, set up the following defenses: (1) No consideration; (2) failure of consideration; (3) that the note was an accommodation note; (4) payment of the note to Elias Mayer, by authority of Bellman, in discharge of Bellman’s debt to Mayer.…