Storey v. Storey
District Court, W.D. Wisconsin
At Law. Action by William Storey against Carroll L. Storey. A verdict for the defendant was set aside, and new trial granted, and after judgment for the plaintiff on his demurrer to the amended answer had been reversed by the Circuit Court of Appeals, defendant moved to set aside the order granting the new trial, and for judgment on the verdict.
1Opinion of the Court
SANBORN, District Judge.
Action at law on promissory notes. There was a verdict for defendant in 1912, finding that the notes were intended merely as evidence of an advancement from plaintiff to defendant (his son) out of his estate. The verdict was set aside on February 24, 1913, and a new trial granted, on the ground that oral evidence had been improperly admitted to vary or contradict the notes. Plaintiff thereupon moved for a hearing on a demurrer to the amended answer of defendant, pleading that the notes were given and accepted as evidence of advancements, and no delivery thereof to give…
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