Evans v. Beard

LESLIE, Justice.

This is a suit by H. W. Evans, appellant, against A. J. Beard, Mrs. Mary J. Beard, his mother, and Mrs. Tracy Sipple, his mother-in-law, upon a promissory note for $5,306, dated April 23, 1930, payable to the order of J. D. Fussell, due one year after date, and executed by each of the defendants. On October 1, 1930, J. D. Fussell transferred the note without recourse on him “in any event’’ to the plaintiff, H. W. Evans. The defendants answered by demurrers, special denial that the plaintiff purchased said note for value before maturity; that the consideration for the same was…