Frink v. Commercial Bank

I. The pleadings are complicated and prolix. The material facts which the evidence tended to prove are comparatively simple, and, as an aid to brevity, these may be first stated, rather than the issues.

In November, 1919_, the plaintiff, induced by fraudulent representation, executed a large number of notes to the Midland Packing Company, pursuant to a subscription for corporation stock. One of these was for $6,250. This note was taken by the packing company as the equivalent of cash which the plaintiff had promised to pay. Immediately thereafter, this note was offered for sale to the…