Farmers State Bank v. Miller

Action upon a promissory note wherein the defense was fraud and the verdict went for defendant. Plaintiff appeals from the order denying its motion for judgment or a new trial.

The note hears date of February 4, 1924. It is the third renewal of one executed by defendant in September, 1921. The original note ran to Heinrich Chemical Company as payee and evidenced defendant’s indebtedness for corporate stock of that company which he had just purchased. In defense he alleges, and his evidence tends to prove, that the then cashier of plaintiff assisted the stock salesman of the Heinrich Company…