Dickson & Tweeddale v. Fowler

This is a suit on the following promissory note of the appellants in favor of the appellee, which was filed with the declaration in the Court below:

“5,000.00. Jan. 5, 1908.

“Four mouths after date, we promise to pay to the order of Vm. E. Fowler, Five Thousand Dollars, at The First Rat. Bank of Baltimore, Md.

“Value received with 6% interest.

“Dickson & TweeddaeeT

In addition to the general issue plea, the defendants filed special pleas in which they charged, first, that the note “was procured by the fraud of the plaintiff,” and, secondly, that the note “was procured by the fraudulent…