Fidelity & Deposit Co. of Maryland v. Young

The plaintiff below, plaintiff in error here, brought suit in the Municipal Court of Chicago against the defendant, defendant in error here, on the following instrument :

‘' $500.00/100 Chicago, Feby. 19, 1906.

Eight months after date, for value received, I promise to pay to the order of W. E. Brown the sum of Five Hundred Dollars at 3052 Lakeside Building, with interest at 6 per cent per annum, and taxes.

M. B. Early.

Endorsed:

Peter F. Young,

W. E. Brown.”

In regard to the execution and delivery of the instrument, the plaintiff’s agent, Arnold, testified that in February, 1906, he accepted the…