Kemppainen v. Suomi Temperance Society

This is an action on a promissory note, the complaint being in the usual form. In view of the questions presented on appeal the defenses may thus be summarized: (1) fraud; (2) absence of consideration; (3) want of authority on the part of the plaintiff, as president of defendant corporation, to execute the note on behalf of the corporation. Verdict and judgment were had in favor of the plaintiff. Defendant appeals.

1, 2. It is urged that the trial court erred in admitting in evidence the promissory note which is the basis of plaintiff’s cause of action, without proof of its execution.…