Ewe v. Angland

A complaint filed by William F. Ewe alleges that he was the holder of five promissory notes, payable to his order, the total sum of the notes being $2,700j that they were executed by Maurice P. Angland and were overdue and unpaid. The amended verified answer of Angland interposes the defense of lack of consideration and the further defense that he was coerced into signing the notes in consequence of the institution by plaintiff of criminal proceedings against him, in which he was charged with embezzling certain securities of plaintiff; that after his arrest in said proceedings he executed and…