Fairfax Nat. Bank v. Burt

This is an action brought by Myrtle Colombe, receiver for Fairfax National Bank, against Genevieve Maher Burt, to recover on a promissory note. The defense consisted of a plea of failure of consideration and plea of limitation. The trial was to a jury, resulting in a verdict and judgment in favor of defendant. At the conclusion of the evidence plaintiff moved the court for a directed verdict and also requested the court to instruct the jury that under the evidence plaintiff’s cause of action was not barred by limitation. Both of these motions were overruled and such rulings are now assigned…