United States v. Klatt

MATHES, District Judge.

This cause having been tried and submitted for decision, and it appearing to the court:(1) that plaintiff seeks recovery on an alleged promissory note dated October 2, 1947 signed by defendant, made payable to the order of General Heating and Appliance Co., transferred by endorsement to Bank of America, and assigned after default to plaintiff;(2) that defendant did not know or ascertain, until long after the event, that she had signed the instrument in suit or any other document negotiable in form, and her conduct and lack of knowledge may not, under the circumstances…