Baudoin v. Girouard

LE BLANC, Judge.

This is a suit on a plain promissory note in the sum of $739.10, made and subscribed by the defendant, L. Whitney Girouard, on December 9, 1931, and made payable to the order of the plaintiff, Alfred Baudoin, October 1, 1932. The note bears interest at the rate of 8 per cent, per annum and contains a stipulation regarding attorney’s fees in case the same had to be placed in the hands of an attorney at law for collection after maturity.

The defense is that the note is without consideration for the reason that it was given to the plaintiff after having been exacted as a secret…