Plasger v. Leonard

Plaintiff Benjamin F. Plasger had been an employee of defendant Earl C. Leonard, first on a farm in Allegan county, and then as a janitor in. an apartment building in Chicago. Earl C. Leonard and wife borrowed $9,000 from Plasger and wife on a second mortgage on property not involved in this litigation. In 1933, Plasger and wife loaned to Leonard and wife $1,000 on a promissory note secured by a mortgage on a farm. Some time later a discharge of the mortgage was given as a favor to the Leonards so they could borrow more money, and Plasger claims that at the time Leonard agreed to give him a…