Greenfield v. Eberle

This action was brought to secure the return and cancellation of three promissory notes aggregating the sum of $10,000, executed by plaintiff on the 24th day of May, 1922,' and payable to defendant Louise Eberle. One of said notes was for $2,500, payable 30 days after date; one for $2,500, payable 90 'days after date, and one for $5,000, payable one year after date. The ground on which plaintiff seeks to avoid the notes is that they were without consideration and that the execution thereof was procured by duress.

At, and for a long time prior to, the execution of the notes, plaintiff was…