Iowa Farm Credit Corp. v. Sawyer

On August 19, 1929, the petitioner, Iowa Farm Credit Corporation, as plaintiff, filed in the municipal court of Des Moines a petition, seeking to recover from George Clear-man, as defendant, $845.89, with interest, on two promissory notes, dated August 14, 1922, and October 6, 1922. For the sake of convenience, hereafter Clearman will be referred to as the defendant, and the Iowa Farm Credit Corporation as the petitioner.

Each note aforesaid, by its express terms, was payable at Dos Moines. Subsequently, while the petition was thus pending, the defendant filed his sworn answer thereto, sotting…