Prigmore v. Hardware Mut. Ins. Co. of Minnesota

PITTS, Chief Justice.

Appellee, Hardware Mutual Insurance Company of Minnesota, a corporation, filed suit against appellant, N. C. Prigmore, for the collection of $1732.50 as the balance due on a promissory note, the original sum of which was $2500. Appellant answered under oath that there was no consideration for the execution of the note and that the same was executed by him under duress. He further pleaded that he had made 37 monthly payments of $25 each on the note aggregating $925, for which sum he sought in a cross action to recover from appellee with interest thereon.

There was little…