Blackburn Const. Co. v. Cedar Rapids Nat. Bank

COTTERAL, Circuit Judge.

The Cedar Rapids National Bank brought this action against the Blackburn Construction Company, a copartnership, to recover the amount of two promissory notes of that company, dated May 27, 1927, payable at that bank, due 30 and 60 days from date, for $7,500' and $5,000, with interest and attorneys’ fees. The notes were payable to and indorsed by the company. It was alleged that the bank purchased the notes before maturity for value in due course, and the defendants failed and refused to pay them. Of the defenses pleaded in the answer, the company relied only upon…