Hoffman Bros. v. First Nat. Bank

This action was instituted in the trial court to recover judgment for two installments of $104.25 each on a promissory note executed by the defendants to the Pieher Motor Company and sold and indorsed to the plaintiff a few days after its execution, and for the foreclosure of a chattel mortgage securing the note. The defendants admitted owing the final installment on the note and alleged a tender of that, and the case turned upon whether or not the other installment had been paid, and that issue turned upon whether or not the Pieher Motor Company was the agent of the plaintiff when it was…