Morgan v. Gilmer

In the first place defendant was entitled to judgment on the ground that there was no consideration for the note. The uncon-tradicted evidence was that neither she nor her brother owed anything to plaintiff. The statement in a deposition, that the note was for “a debt” has no probative value and indeed no actual meaning.

More important, the trial court should have found that the note was given under duress. Defendant was confronted by two armed men, one a Chicago detective (Cham-berlin) and the other dressed as a D. C. Metropolitan policeman, both of their guns being visible. Chamberlin said…