Ives v. Leonard

The plaintiffs sought to recover upon a. promissory note of this tenor.

“ $80. Menominee, Wis., December 18,1880.

“January 10th, after date, I promise to pay to the order of Ives and Mathews eighty dollars, at their office, Menominee, Wis., with interest at the rate of 10 per cent, per' annum, after due, until paid. Yalue received.

Edward Leonard.”

Leonard filed a sworn denial of the note. The genuineness of the signature was not disputed. The defense was that the instrument was given in fact for eight dollars, and had been fraudulently raised to eighty.

The plaintiffs composed the law firm of…