Legal Adjustment Bureau v. West Coast Construction Co.

This action was based upon a promissory note which had been transferred to the plaintiff for the purpose of bringing suit. To the complaint, the defendants pleaded a number of affirmative defenses. The cause came on for trial before the court and a jury, and, at the conclusion of the defendants’ evidence, the plaintiff made a motion for a directed verdict, which was sustained. Judgment was entered upon the verdict, as directed, in the sum of $45,795.80, from which the defendants appeal.

For many years the Scandinavian American Bank, a corporation, had been engaged, as its name would indicate,…