Ensign v. Home for the Jewish Aged

DEW, Judge.

Plaintiffs sued to cancel their joint promissory note for $2,500, payable to defendant on demand, on the ground that they executed it under duress. Defendant denied the. plea of duress, pleaded valid consideration and filed the note as a counterclaim. The court found the issues for the defendant on the plaintiffs’ petition and sustained its counterclaim in the amount of $2,500. Plaintiffs have appealed.

It is alleged in the plaintiffs’ petition that defendant is a corporation, doing business as a home for the aged; that it makes certain charges for board and lodging furnished aged…