Allen v. Allen

James Allen, the plaintiff herein, loaned to Fitzgerald Bros.. $1,500, and received from them their note, as follows: “$1,500. Troy, N. Y., February 27th, 1885. Six months after date we promise to pay, to the-order of James Allen, fifteen hundred dollars, at our office, 505 River street. Value received, with interest. [Signed] Fitzgerald Brothers.” Theplaintiif placed the note in the hands of his nephew James H. Allen, for safekeeping. The plaintiff can neither read nor write. James H. Allen induced the plaintiff to consent to the payment by the maker of the note of $200 for the benefit of…