Klingstein v. Thomas Circle Cafe

STEPHENS, Associate Justice.

In this case the plaintiff brought suit upon a promissory note. He introduced the note in evidence. On jts face it purported to have been executed by the defendant as maker in favor of the Southern Neori Company as payee, and it bore a purported endorsement by the payee to the order of the plaintiff. Its execution by the defendant was not disputed. Testifying in his own behalf, the plaintiff stated that: He purchased the note from the payee before maturity and for value; the payee was a partnership and the endorsement on the note was made on the date it bore by one…