First Prize, Inc. v. Fireman's Fund Ins. Co. of California

GRAVES, Justice.

This suit was brought by the appellee, against the appellant to recover on a promissory note for $6,143.51 dated May 29, 1951, executed by appellant, and payable to the order of Miller Wrapping & Sealing Machine Co., at Chicago, Illinois, sixty days after its date.

Such note was endorsed over to the ap-pellee here by the original payee — Miller Wrapping & Sealing Machine Co. — after its recited maturity date.

The appellant here, in the trial court interposed the defense that the note was not enforceable because: (1) it was not supported by a consideration when originally…