Dittmar v. Frye

Emma Frye and Augusta Frye were sisters. Charles H. Frye, president of Frye & Company corporation, and Frank F. Frye, an employee of that corporation after sale of his interest therein to Charles H; Frye, were brothers. Emma Frye, who died in February, 1934, was the wife of Charles H. Frye. Augusta Frye, who died October 20, 1937, was the wife of Frank F. Frye, who died in November, 1935.

Emma Frye signed, as maker, a promissory note dated October 31, 1930, in the amount of forty thousand dollars, payable ninety days after notice of demand for payment to the order of Augusta Frye. On February…