Early v. Huntley

Per Curiam,

The receiver of the Bank of Gilbert, Gilbert, West Virginia, sued to enforce defendant’s liability as maker of two negotiable promissory notes aggregating $2,500. Plaintiff was endorsee of the notes, having received them as collateral security for a loan to R. L. Hutchinson Lumber Co., the payee named in the instruments. The defense was that plaintiff took the notes with knowledge the consideration for which they had been given had failed. The issue thus raised was submitted to the jury, which returned a verdict for defendant. Plaintiff appeals from refusal of its motion for…