Beachy v. Jones

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Marshall, J.:

The plaintiff brought this action to recover on a promissory note for $4,500 executed by defendant Henry D. Jones, made payable to defendant William Campbell and by the latter indorsed to the plaintiff. Defendant Jones filed an answer and cross petition in which he alleged that the note had been procured by the fraud of William Campbell and that the plaintiff acquired the note with notice of the fraud, and asked that the plaintiff take nothing and that the note be canceled and held for naught, so far as defendant Jones was concerned.…