Newcomb v. Newcomb

This is an appeal by the defendant, George Eddy Newcomb, from a judgment in the county court of Cook county in the sum of $942.72 in favor of the plaintiff, Bessie J. Newcomb.

The suit was begun on October 30, 1922, on three promissory notes, each dated October 21, 1910, and each for the sum of $250 with interest at 5 per cent per annum after maturity. They were admittedly all signed by the defendant, and payable to the plaintiff. They were given by the defendant, together with 19 others of like amount and a check for $250, to take the place of a $5,000 note which the defendant had given to…