Pfaelzer v. Kau

This was a suit in assumpsit, begun in the superior court of Cook county on March 14, 1901, by appellee, on a promissory note, payable to himself, for the sum of $1500, dated July 27, 1900, due six months after date, with interest at six per cent from date, signed by Leopold Pfaelzer, across the back of which, in blank, appeared the signatures of Bernhard Pfaelzer, the appellant, and Hattie Pfaelzer. All three were made defendants. Appellant alone defended. He interposed the general issue, and a stipulation was made that he should have the right to make any defense under that plea that he…