Machine Co. v. . Feezer

The action was to recover on three notes, aggregating $365, the purchase price of certain threshing machinery, chiefly a steel separator and attachment, secured by chattel mortgage on the separator, etc.

The answer denied liability on the notes, set up in detail many instances in which the machinery had failed to come up to specifications, and alleged fraud in the procurement of the notes and mortgage, etc.

There was evidence offered by defendant, tending to establish fraud on the part of plaintiffs' agents who negotiated the trade and obtained the notes, etc.; that the machinery was delivered…