Henderson v. Sheppard

Concededly, the defendant was indebted to the plaintiff in the sum of $900 for architectural Work. Plaintiff, being unable to collect from the defendant, asked her son Ferdinand to give him a couple of promissory notes that could be discounted at the bank, in reply to which the son stated that he would see his mother “ and talk it over.” A short time later the son reported to the plaintiff that he had seen the defendant and that he would give plaintiff two notes for $450 each, payable, respectively, sixty and ninety days after date. Such notes were executed by defendant’s son as the maker…