Douglass v. Burton

This was an action in the district court for Hitchcock' county on a negotiable promissory note, executed and delivered to Robert Burgess & Son by the defendants, on February 7,1905, due 18 months after date, for. $875, bearing interest at the rate of 8 per cent, per annum.

The amended petition was in the usual form, and alleged, among other things, that before the maturity of the note Robert Burgess.& Son sold it to Frank N. Ireland & Son (bankers), in due course of business, for the amount due thereon with interest, at a discount of 2 per cent., and that payees indorsed the note as follows:…