Warren Webster & Co. v. Pelavin

This suit is based on three promissory notes of $650 each executed by the defendants Harry J. Pelavin and Esther Pelavin and payable to the plaintiff. The notes were given in payment of a heating equipment which the plaintiff sold to defendant Greenberg for use in a building which he was erecting for Mr. and Mrs. Pelavin. They executed the notes and he guaranteed their payment. Defendant Greenberg was not served with process and the suit was discontinued as to him. The plea was the general issue, with notice that the defendant Esther Pelavin would claim, as special defenses, lack of…