Suske v. Straka

Peterson, Justice.

This is an action to recover upon a promissory note in which the trial court directed a verdict for defendant upon the case made by plaintiff.

The appeal presents for decision the following questions:(1) Whether the statutory presumption that a promissory note was issued for a valuable consideration persists after it has been shown by undisputed and uncontradicted evidence that the note was a “present” from the maker to the payee;(2) Whether, where the evidence adduced by plaintiff conclusively shows that the defendant, maker of a promissory note, gave it to the…