Porter v. Tenant

This action is at law, to recover the amount due on the promissory note of the appellant for $450, given on July 7, 1919, to the appellee. No date of maturity is stated in the note, but upon the margin the following appears:

“It is agreed that this note is not to fall due until the $2,000 mortgage given by Denny on Adair mill can be cashed.”

The facts surrounding the execution of the note are, briefly stated, as follows: The appellant, in the capacity of broker, had for sale a mill in Adair. The appellee, acting in a like capacity, had a prospective purchaser in the person of one Denny. They…