Security State Bank v. Seaunier

Opinion of the court was delivered by

Marshall, J.:

The defendant appeals from a judgment rendered against him on a promissory note given to M. G. Slocum, an itinerant doctor who advertised his business by a dog, pony, *8and medicine show. The note was given for medical services which Slocum promised to render to the defendant’s wife. Slocum transferred the note to the plaintiff. The defense was that the note had been obtained by fraud and was without consideration, and that the plaintiff had purchased the note in bad faith with knowledge of the fraud.

1. The defendant’s first assignment of error…