Hawthorne v. Austin Organ Co.

SOPER, Circuit Judge.

This action in assumpsit was instituted on June 22) 1932; in the District Court by Austin Organ Company, a Maine corporation, as plaintiff, against H. K. Hawthorne, M. L. Rea, and R. Merritte Robinson, citizens of Virginia, to recover the sum of $12,870, with interest. The suit was based on five promissory notes payable to the plaintiff; one of April .10) 1930; for $2)700, payable six months after date,, with an attorney’s fee of 10' per cent, for collection if not paid at maturity, and four notes of December 10) 1929) for $2)-475 each, payable at intervals of one, two,…