Hart v. Crowell

Plaintiff instituted this action against defendant, seeking judgment upon three promissory notes, all dated July 26, 1935, payable ninety days after date, which notes plaintiff held by assignment. By her answer and cross-complaint, the defendant pleaded fraud in the procurement of the notes, and set up a collateral agreement between herself and the payee, which she alleged constituted a defense to the notes; defendant also alleging that plaintiff held the notes as trustee for the original payee, who was made an additional defendant to the action, and that plaintiff, at the time the notes were…