Summit Coal Co. v. Hawley

Woods, Judge:

Plaintiff instituted this action by notice of motion for judgment for the purpose of recovering money claimed to be due it on a certain promissory note in the sum of $7,000, executed by the defendant’s decedent, J. L. Hawley, at Beckley, W. Va., on the 18th day of August, 1920, and made payable with interest six months after date to the order of Summit Coal Company (plaintiff) at The Raleigh County Bank of Beckley, W. Va. Recovery was had for the face of the note plus $2,236.50 interest, or a total of $9,236.50. From a judgment for that amount, the defendant brings error.

The note…