Brown v. King

Plaintiff alleged that •she was the holder of a promissory note for five hundred dollars made by Fred C. King to her order, which the defendant failed to pay.

The defendant admitted the allegations of plaintiff’s petition, but denied that he had received any consideration for the note.

Further answering he averred “that the note sued on was given to the said plaintiff without any consideration whatsoever, excepting that the said plaintiff was to hold said note against your respondent in the event of his death, as he desired that the said note should act as a claim against his estate and to be…