Sinkler v. Siljan

CHIPMAN, C.

Action on promissory note, executed in Alaska by defendant on July 3, 1900, payable to J. G. Bjornstad, or order, August 18, 1900, for three thousand dollars, alleged to have been transferred to plaintiff before maturity and without notice of any defenses thereto.

Defendant in his answer avers that prior to July 3, 1900, defendant and Bjornstad had been intimate friends, both in Alaska and at their former home in the town of Valhalla, North Dakota; that upon leaving Alaska to return to his home Bjornstad made certain false and fraudulent representations, by means of which defendant…