Allen v. Landre
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Yakima county, Nichoson, J., entered July 14, 1921, in favor of the plaintiff, notwithstanding the verdict of a jury rendered in favor of the defendant, in an action on a promissory note.
1Opinion of the CourtBridges, J.
—One Etheridge, an agent of a corporation known as the U. S. Potash-Nitrate Company, sold to the defendant, who was a merchant in a small community in central Washington, certain stock of the nitrate company. The defendant gave his note for the purchase price in the sum of $500, payable six months after date. Before the due date of the note, it came into the hands of the plaintiff, who, after it became due, sued thereon. The defense was that there was no consideration for the note for the reason that the defend*172ant was induced to purchase the capital stock for which it was given by the false…
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