Gray v. Boyle
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Frater, J., entered April 12, 1909, upon findings in favor of the plaintiff, after a trial on the merits before the court without a jury, in an action on a promissory note.
1Opinion of the CourtRudkin, C. J.
This action was instituted on a promissory note, in the usual form, to recover the sum of $233.36, with interest and stipulated attorney’s fees. The note was made payable to the order of C. D. Behan, but was endorsed to the plaintiff for value before maturity. The principal defense interposed was that the note was given in part payment of the annual premium on a policy for $2,000 in the New York Life Insurance Company, of which the payee, Behan,- was agent, and that a rebate of $16.64 was allowed to the insured, in violation of the anti-rebate act of March 14, 1905, Laws of 1905, p. 373,…
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