Dittmar v. Frye

Emma Frye signed, as maker, a promissory note dated October 31, 1930, in the amount of sixty thousand dollars, payable ninety days after notice of demand for payment to the order of Frank F. Frye. On February 11, 1931, her husband, Charles H. Frye, placed his endorsement on the back of that note. On October 9, 1936, the note was unpaid, whereupon counsel for executrix of the estate of Frank F. Frye, deceased, demanded of Charles H. Frye written acknowledgment that he endorsed the note for value, to which demand Mr. Frye acceded October 21, 1936.

On April 5, 1938, the Seattle-First National…