Wilkins v. Skoglund

Meyer, District Judge.

This is an action by the administrator of the estate of August Skoglund against Walter Skoglund, son of the deceased; the petition declaring upon a lost note for $2,000, which said note was made, executed and delivered by the defendant to his father. Defense was made on the ground that said indebtedness had been duly satisfied and paid or forgiven by August Skoglund in his lifetime.

The evidence discloses that the note in question was given November 8, 1930, and was due in one year; that August Skoglund died September 5, 1932, leaving two children, Walter, the defendant,…