Talmadge v. Clewiston Iron Co.

This is an appeal from a judgment for $25,218.50 against the Clewiston Company, Incorporated, the only defendant served with process or appearing in the case.

The suit is based on four promissory notes executed by the Clewiston Iron Company, three for $5,000 each, and one for $7,500, dated October 17, 1925, payable January 15, 1926, to the order of Communipaw Company, and indorsed by the maker, by ‘ ‘ Clewiston, Limited” (the then name of appellant) and by the payee in the order mentioned.

Plaintiffs allege in their pleading that they were purchasers of the notes before maturity for a valuable…