Excelsior Stove & Manufacturing Co. v. Venturelli

On August 11, 1932, the defendant below, appellant in this court, being then engaged in the retail hardware business at Oglesby, Illinois, was indebted to the plaintiff below, appellee here, in the sum of $423.90 for stoves theretofore purchased by him from the plaintiff. The plaintiff is a manufacturer of stoves, having its place of business in Quincy, Illinois. Evidencing such indebtedness the defendant executed and delivered to the plaintiff his promissory note for that amount due February 11, 1933. Said note was a judgment note and bore interest at the rate of six per cent after maturity.…