Fritchen v. Mueller

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Marshall, J.:

This was an action on a promissory note. The defense was a plea of duress. After the cause was tried in full before a jury the court gave an instructed verdict for plaintiff. That ruling is the basis of this appeal.

The facts and circumstances developed by the pleadings and by the evidence favorable to defendants were to this effect:

Prior to October, 1924, the defendant, E. C. Mueller, had served for a number of years as cashier of the Home State Bank of Tipton. Thereafter he obtained employment in a bank in North Kansas City, Mo., and…