Pittsburg Plate Glass Co. v. Austin

The plaintiff sued upon a promissory note, and the defendant pleaded that the note was given to suppress a criminal prosecution against one Hudson, an employee in the plaintiff’s office, who was alleged to be short in his accounts; and, further, that it was given with the express understanding that Hudson would be retained in the employ of the plaintiff, and that a certain sum would be deducted monthly from his salary and applied to the note, until payment of the note in full, but that immediately after the note was given he was peremptorily discharged from the plaintiff’s employment. The…