Thomas v. Osborn

The plaintiff William C. Thomas filed suit alleging that (1) the defendants James H. Osborn and Bernice Osborn, his wife, refused to return a redwood table that belonged to the plaintiff, and (2) the defendants, as makers of a note payable to plaintiff, refused to pay the note when due. The defendants denied the plaintiff’s claims, asserted that the table was delivered as a gift, and that the note was not supported by consideration and was obtained by misrepresentation. The defendants also counterclaimed for damages claimed to have resulted when the plaintiff added an acknowledgment to the…