Watkins v. Brooks

The judgment for $78,148.70 in favor of the plaintiff and against the defendant should be reduced to $72,857.53 by eliminating the sum of $3,576.72 and $1,714.45 interest thereon, representing the portion of the recovery with respect to the three promissory notes of aggregate face amount of $6,939.45 made by Heat-O-Matie Corporation on September 24, 1938, and indorsed by plaintiff and defendant. These notes are claimed to have been purchased by plaintiff on or about April 1, 1939. The $3,576.72 above mentioned represents half of what plaintiff paid therefor, and said sum with the interest has…