First National Bank v. Deal

Plaintiff sued, defendant as maker of a promissory note for $130, claimed to have been made by defendant to the order of one George D. Johnson, and endorsed with that name, and purchased by plaintiff from a person supposed to be the payee.

The defense was a denial that defendant ever executed and delivered any such instrument. The facts as shown by defendant to the satisfaction of the jury were that at the date of the pretended note a man calling himself George D. Johnson came to defendant’s farm and proposed to insure his new barn on favorable terms, including insurance against damage from…