Stevens v. Green

F. L. Stevens, as a holder in due course, brought suit against E. H. Green trading as Lincolnton Motor Company, upon a series of negotiable promissory notes, aggregating $351 and interest and attorney’s fees, executed December 13, 1937, by the defendant as maker, to the Brenard Manufacturing Company, and by indorsement transferred by the Brenard Manufacturing Company to the plaintiff. The notes matured five, six, and seven months after date. The defendant pleaded non est factum, and later, after the appearance term, by an amendment which was allowed by the court, filed a plea alleging that…