Continental Ill. Nat. Bank & Trust Co. v. Holmes

WATSON, District Judge.

This action, on two promissory notes, is now before the court on the defendant’s motion for judgment for want of a sufficient reply to the new matter set forth in the defendant’s affidavit of defense, and raises the question whether the action is barred by limitations.

The pleadings present the following facts:

The defendant indorsed two demand promissory notes in Chicago, 111.; one dated December 4, 1922, and the other dated December 28, 1922, which notes subsequently became the property of the plaintiff, were duly presented for payment, and demand made on May 12, 1924.…