Van De Ven v. Overlook Mining & Development Co.

This is an action brought to recover upon a promissory note. There was a judgment for the plaintiffs in the court below, and from the judgment the defendants appeal.

On June 28, 1916, one Helen Brennan, the predecessor in interest of plaintiffs in the action, respondents here, loaned to the appellant, Overlook Mining & Development Company, a corporation, the sum of thirty-five hundred dollars. The loan was evidenced by a promissory note, dated upon that day, by the terms of which the borrower agreed to repay the sum loaned one year from its date with interest at ten per cent per annum. At the…