Long v. Hawse

A. L. Hawse instituted his action in the Law and Equity Court of the city of Richmond against Lee Long in December, 1928. The object of said action is to recover from Lee Long $52,403.34, which Hawse, in his notice of motion for judgment, alleges to be due from Long to him as the holder for value, in due course, of twelve negotiable notes drawn by said Long. Among other defenses, Long set up the defense that the execution and delivery of the notes were procured by fraud, of which fraud Hawse had notice at the time he became the holder of said notes.

On April 16, 1929, after the case had been…