Meisel v. Alexander

• CAYTON, Chief Judge.

Ruth Alexander was a stockholder and former officer of a company dealing in television sets. She was sued by appellant Meisel on a promissory note which had been signed by her and a man named Mitchell, and which presumably covered an indebtedness of the company. Though Mitchell was first included as a defendant, plaintiff voluntarily dismissed as to him be'eause of failure of service of process, and the case proceeded against- Mrs. Alexander alone.

Her principal defenses were that she had signed the note under duress, and that the note had been discharged. Finding that…