Bartels v. Wade

By a judgment following a verdict, plaintiff was denied recovery on a note. Plaintiff appealed.

*837The note was for $500, dated October 31, 1931, due January 1, 1933, bearing interest after maturity. It was given by defendants to plaintiff on the same day they joined plaintiff in a written lease of plaintiff’s 240-acre farm for one year from March 1, 1932. The lease provided for a rental of $1,400, payable $300 in cash, $300 due March 1, 1932, $300 due October 1, 1932, and $500 due January 1, 1933, the last three payments evidenced by promissory notes. The evidence shows that the first three…