Exchange Bank v. Gifford

The plaintiff sued H. A. Gifford and Lonisa Gifford, his mother, to recover $2,335 on two promisory notes. Judgment for defendants was rendered on the verdict, and plaintiff appeals.

The petition is in the usual form. Defendants filed a joint answer pleading a general denial and alleging forgery. When the taking of testimony was concluded the court, over plaintiff’s objection, permitted defendants to file separate answers pleading the same defense in each answer that was before pleaded in the joint answer. Plaintiff contends that in this the court erred, but we do not find it necessary to…