Steinhilper v. . Basnight

This action was brought to recover the amount of three notes, made by the defendant to H. W. Steinhilper and alleged to have been sold by him to the plaintiff, who is his wife. The defendant averred that two of the notes, each for $500 and dated 26 June, 1898, were executed by mistake, having been given for lumber for which he had already paid, and the jury so found by their verdict. As to the other note, he alleged that it was given for the purchase price of timber, and that H. W. Steinhilper represented, at the time of the purchase, that the encumbrances thereon amounted to only $150, which…