Brown v. Kelley

Jordan, Presiding Judge.

This is an action by the holders of a promissory note, Mutual Investment Company, a partnership composed of Joseph M. Brown and E. B. Brown, against the maker, Bessie Ann Kelley, and the indorser, T. L. Collins, doing business as Allied Contractors. The note was intended to cover the cost of home improvements, a bathroom, hot water heater, sink, septic tank, and connections. The maker defended the action on the basis, among other things, that there was a failure of consideration in that the work was never completed as specified and that the amount shown by the note was…