Perry National Bank v. Engnell

The plaintiff bank, the appellant, sued to recover the amount due on a promissory note for $3,500, given by the defendant to the Perry Stpck .Remedy Manufacturing Company, alleging its purchase of the note from the payee, before maturity and for value.. The defendant, in answer, alleged ■ that- the note was without consideration, and was procured by fraud, in that he never intended to execute a note, and his signature thereto was procured by -fraud of one C. B. Boyer, acting for the payee, in falsely representing said note to be merely an agreement • for defendant’s son to act as agent in…