Ownes v. Nagel

Per Curiam :

Defendant in error, Everett Owens, began suit on a promissory note in the municipal court of Chicago against plaintiff in error, J. S. Nagel. There was a trial by jury, a directed verdict in favor of defendant in error for $1740, the judgment was affirmed by the Appellate Court, and the case is before this court on a writ of certiorari.

Defendant in error in his statement of claim alleged that a note for $1500 was executed by plaintiff in error on March 23, 1923, payable to the order of John F. Erisman, trustee, due one year after date; that the note, for a valuable consideration…