McElwee Manufacturing Co. v. Trowbridge

This action was brought by the plaintiff, a foreign corporation, to recover upon two promissory notes, made by the defendant, whereby he promised to pay to the order of Don A. Gaylord & Co. the sums in said notes mentioned. The complaint alleged that before maturity Gaylord & Co. assigned the notes for value to the plaintiff. The answer admitted the making of the notes, but denied their indorsement to the plaintiff, and alleged want of knowledge or information sufficient to form a belief as to the incorporation of the plaintiff, and set up by way of a separate and distinct defense an offset…