Levison v. Lavalle

This is an action upon a promissory note made by the defendant and payable to the order of W. H. Miner, whose; *49indorsement it bears. The answer so far as material contains a general denial, a special denial of the defendant’s signature, and an allegation of payment. It also sets forth that the defendant was induced to make the note “because of the false and fraudulent representations of the payee, all of which were well known to the plaintiffs,” as to whom it is averred they are not holders “for value in due course or before . . . maturity,” and that the note, which was without consideration…