Fulkerson v. Armstrong

This suit was brought by the appellees on a promissory note for four hundred and seventy-nine dollars and forty-six cents, with a credit endorsed on it of one hundred dollars. The answer was in two paragraphs; first, failure of consideration; second, fraud in procuring the execution of the note. Reply of general denial to both paragraphs.

There was a trial by the court, and finding and judgment for plaintiffs for the amount due on the note.

The only question presented here is the action of the court in overruling a motion for a continuance, as is said, on certain affidavits. These affidavits…