MacCallum-Donahoe Finance Co. v. Devoe

The respondent executed a promissory note on May 28, 1920, in the sum of $1,250, payable *296ninety days after date, and payable to tbe order of himself. This note was given to the Puritan Rubber Company in payment of stock. That company gave the note to one of its salesmen in payment of money due him from the company, and he subsequently, before the maturity of the note, delivered it to the appellant as part payment on the purchase price of an automobile. This action is to recover the amount of the note, which is unpaid. In answer to the appellant’s action, the respondent attempted to prove…