Hall v. First State Bank of Hawley

The appeal is from a judgment in favor of appellee and against appellant Hall as maker and appellant Chorn as indorser of a promissory note. The case was tried before the court without the aid of a jury, and no findings of fact and conclusions of law appear in the record. The appellant Hall pleaded as a defense to the note that same had been novated, the claim of novation being based upon the following allegations in his answer: That, after the note sued upon became due, at the request and suggestion of the cashier of the bank, he executed and delivered to the bank his renewal note in lieu of…