Hunter v. Greer

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Hutchison, J.:

This is an action to recover a balance due on a promissory note made by defendant in favor of one Wright and indorsed to plaintiff. The defendant admits the execution of the note but claims his signature thereto was obtained by fraud and misrepresentations made by the plaintiff, who was his agent in the transaction in which the note was given. Defendant alleges he paid on the note $156 before he discovered the fraud and prays for the recovery of that amount. The case was tried to a jury and judgment was rendered for defendant for $156,…