Freeman v. Lawton

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Linn,

Defendant appeals from judgment for plaintiff in a trial by a judge without a jury. The plaintiff declared on a promissory note in the sum of $4,000 dated August 4, 1925, at Miami, Florida, for payment in that city in thirty-six equal monthly installments, with interest, the first due September 4,1925. The payee was the Commercial Bank and Trust Company, Trustee, of Miami. The note was part of the consideration for a written agreement by which the payee agreed to convey to the defendant certain land in Florida; in this instrument defendant agreed to pay the sum of…