Payne v. Miller

CODY, Justice.

This was a suit in the usual form to recover on a promissory note brought by appellee against appellant. Appellee and appellant will be designated as they were in the trial court, plaintiff and defendant, respectively. The note was dated November 14, 1934, and was for the principal sum of $671.46. It was executed by defendant and made payable to the order of plaintiff.

Defendant pled by way of defense that the note was obtained from him by plaintiff by duress; that it was obtained from him by plaintiff in fraud of the Land Bank commission ; also, that plaintiff had made such…