Lawhead v. Stewart

Kenna, President:

By this notice of motion proceeding C. E. Lawhead, assignee of the First National Bank of Pineville, sought to recover from L. W. Stewart, as maker, and F. N. Stewart, as endorser, the sum of $7,545.00, being the principal and interest of a promissory note dated the twenty-third day of December, 1929, payable on the twenty-third day of April, 1930. From a judgment based upon a verdict for the defendants, the plaintiff below prosecutes this writ.

In addition to pleading the general issue, the defendants filed a special plea of failure of consideration, to which the plaintiff…