Haldeman v. Martin

The question is whether the defendants’ pos session of the note, under the facts of the case, is presumptive evidence of either payment or gift. Plaintiff’s intestate, J. F. Strasser, died August 23, 1924. Defendants, John T. Martin and Leona Martin, are husband and wife. Leona is the daughter of intestate. On March 15, 1920, defendants executed to intestate their promissory note for $14,000, with interest payable March 1, 1930. The petition alleges payment of 'interest to and including March 15, 1924. Intestate lived at his own home until three or four weeks before his death, when he went to…