Aurora Land Co. v. Keevan
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Prigmore, J., entered April 25, 1911, in favor of the plaintiffs, upon the verdict of a jury by direction of the court, in an action on a promissory note.
1Opinion of the CourtEllis, J.
This action was brought on February 14, 1910, by the Aurora Land Company, on a promissory note dated February 3, 1909, for $500, executed by the defendants, appellants here, to the respondent, Northern Bank & Trust Company, the note having been assigned to the land company for the purpose of collection only. On motion of the defendants, who claimed that the note was procured through fraud, the bank was made a party plaintiff. The defendants answered, setting up as matters of defense, that there was no consideration for the note; that the note was to be paid by a copartnership, of which the…
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