United States v. Hansett

This appeal is from a judgment entered after a trial to a judge without a jury. The action was for the unpaid balance of a note, negotiable in form, signed by the defendant and dated January 22, 1935, payable to the order of the “Pioneer Burner Company,” the business name of one Finn. The note was for $1,132.53, payable in 36 monthly installments and Finn, having got possession of it as we shall describe, endorsed and delivered it on January 23, 1935, to a corporation known as the Heating and Plumbing Corporation, which in turn endorsed it to the Federal Housing Administrator who accepted' it…