Farmers' & Merchants' Bank v. Parker

Defendants C. B. Parker and his father, J. A. Parker, have appealed from a decree for $2,800, interest, and attorney’s fees, evidenced hy a note executed by defendants. The defense pleaded was, in substance, that defendants did not owe the debt and that the original note, of which the note sned on was a renewal, had been issued without actual consideration and as the result of some form of fraudulent imposition. Along with this defense to the real merits of the controversy, defendants sought to rely upon an alleged alteration in the original note, charging that when signed it was payable to…