Green v. Jones

Appellant, who was the plaintiff below, brought this suit to recover on a promissory note exe--cuted by appellees, the defendants below, to the order of me tanners’ Uompress Trust (Jompaay, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, for the sum of $1,200. Plain till testified that fie acquired tfie note as an innocent purchaser for value on tfie day of its execution.

Tfie defense made by tfie makers of the note was that it was executed in payment of a patented article, a fact not recited in tfie face of tfie note, as required by § 7956, C. & M„ Digest; and it was also denied that the plaintiff was an innocent…