Berryhill-Cromartie Co. v. Manitowoc Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co.

The action herein was brought by the defendant in error upon promissory notes executed by the Berryhill-Cromartie Company to the order of Merchants & Planters Transportation Co., it being alleged that “the plaintiff, said Manatowoc Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company became the holders of said notes by endorsement to it by the said Merchants & Planters Transportation Company for value and before the notes were overdue. But the defendant, the said Berryhille-Cromartie Co., did not pay the same.” The declaration also contained the common counts. A demurrer to pleas of failure of consideration and…