Becker v. Oliver

GRAY, Circuit Judge.

This action was brought in the court below •February 16, 1900, to recover the money alleged to be due upon 10 promissory notes made by the defendant in favor of the plaintiff. The notes'were all dated March 4, 1890; each being for the sum of $10,000, and payable to the order of the plaintiff,—the first, 18 months after date, and the others at intervals of 3 months, respectively, thereafter, the last falling due 48 months after date, .to wit, on March 4, 1894. It appears from the pleadings and proofs in the record that the consideration of these notes were certain bonds and…