Harbour v. Turner

— Plaintiff brought this action to recover on a promissory note. Defendant admitted the execution of the note but plead a want of consideration. As a further affirmative defense, defendant alleged that in January, 1920, he had entered into an agreement with Piowaty and Sons of Chicago, through their local agent, the plaintiff, to sell to the Chicago firm his entire crop of potatoes for that year at one dollar per hundredweight. He further alleged that in September of that year plaintiff, who was still acting as agent of Piowaty and Sons, secretly proposed that defendant dispose of a part of…