Lyle v. Mandeville Mills

(After stating the foregoing facts.)

1. We will deal first with the question whether the allegations of the answer with reference to the statement of the attorney of plaintiff to the defendant, the promise alleged and the reliance of the defendant thereon, constituted a valid defense as against the suit on the notes. We do not think so for, (a) there was no consideration for the extension; (b) the promise was too indefinite; (c) the allegations are not sufficient to set out fraud as a defense; (d) it is alleged that after defendant left home for work he wrote the attorney, received no reply,…