Udell Savings Bank v. Hollingsworth

Plaintiff seeks to recover as a holder in due course on a promissory note reading as follows:

August 8, 1919. $750!

Six months after date I promise to pay to the order of myself seven hundred fifty. dollars for value received, with interest at the rate of 6 per cent per annum. Due February 8,1920. W. S. Hollingsworth. [Indorsed] W. S. Hollingsworth.

This appeal involves the correctness of the ruling of the trial court in directing a verdict for the defendant. In view of the two propositions argued in this court, there is little occasion to recite the facts and circumstances surrounding the…