Hartman v. Citizens Bank & Trust Co.

The bank sued Hartman on a series of notes, each containing an unconditional promise to pay and a clause accelerating the date of maturity of all the notes on default in the payment of any one. The defendant filed a plea and answer and what he designates as a “cross-petition,” setting up numerous grounds of defense, and asking a judgment in a large sum in excess of the plaintiff’s claim. The court sustained the plaintiff’s demurrer, struck the defenses, and entered judgment for the plaintiff in the amount sued for. A motion to dismiss the defendant’s writ of error was made because there is no…