Singer v. Kohlman

This is a suit upon three promissory notes, the last of a series of six, each for the sum of $2,375, dated September 30, 1907, maturing respectively in 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and. 6 years, and bearing interest at 6 per cent, from date. The defense is that said notes were paid before maturity; that plaintiff acquired them after maturity and is not a holder in due course; that defendant received no consideration for said notes when reissued.

Plaintiff claims that said notes were acquired by him. for full value, and that said notes were negotiable at the time he took them, because, although then past…