Kiel Wooden Ware Co. v. Laun

The action is on a promissory note. The defendant demurred ore tenus to the complaint on the ground that it does not state facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action. The court sustained the demurrer.

The note sued upon is set out as part of the complaint. It is in form a negotiable note by its terms payable to the order of the corporation-maker' Kiel Furniture Company. It appears from the complaint that the corporation-maker did not indorse the note, but it bears the indorsement of two individuals connected with the corporation-maker, one, the defendant J.- B. Laun, the president and…