National Weeklies, Inc. v. Klein

National Weeklies, Inc. brought suit in the municipal court of Chicago upon two promissory notes for $100 each, unconditional in their terms, against Ernest L. Klein, the maker thereof, resulting in a judgment for plaintiff.

The defendant filed his affidavit of merits setting up the defense of total failure of consideration through the non-performance by plaintiff of parts of the contract entered into between plaintiff and the German American Press Association, in which defendant was an officer. When the cause came on for trial plaintiff introduced the notes in evidence and defendant offered…