Hertel v. Rebhan

Judgment was entered by confession against the appellant and Walter J. Ruediger on a note dated July 3, 1929, for $1,000, the instrument being payable to Fred Hertel and by him duly assigned to his wife, the appellee. The judgment was afterwards opened and the defendant given leave to plead.

The declaration was in the usual form of narr. and cognovit with copy of note attached. The appellant filed the general issue and eight special pleas. The special pleas interposed two defenses, one that the note was procured by unlawful duress, the other that the consideration for the note was the…