Wolff v. Perkins

This is an action by the payee of a negotiable promissory note against his son and the defendant Perkins, as comakers. At the close of the evidence the trial judge directed a verdict for the plaintiff, subject to the exception of the defendant Perkins. The only defences that need to be considered are (1) that the note was given for an illegal consideration, and (2) that it was given without consideration and for the accommodation of the plaintiff.

The defendant Wolff, who is the plaintiff’s son, was arrested in New Hampshire in the summer of 1919 for larceny of automobile tires. The case was…