Anthon State Bank v. Bernard

On March 21, 1919, defendant gave his promissory note to a corporation known as the Midland Packing Company, for a subscription to the capital stock of said company, which note thereafter came into the hands of the plaintiff bank, at whose request defendant made the note now in suit as a renewal of the one given to the packing company. When it was not paid, this action at. law was brought, to enforce its collection. In defense to said action, the answer alleges that defendant’s subscription to the stock and the execution of said note were induced and obtained by false and fraudulent…