Magee v. Pope

This is a suit in equity which was begun in the Circuit Court of the City of St. Louis on May 8, 1935, in which plaintiff sought to cancel a certain promissory note dated November 9, 1934, for $5000, payable in monthly installments of $83.331/3 each to the defendant, Mrs. Iva Pope, and to recover $249.99 paid thereon, on the ground that the said note was without any consideration.

The facts concerning the making and delivery of the note are substantially as follows: Dr. Charles H. Pope was a practicing physician in the city of St. Louis and maintained offices in Rooms 1889 and 1890, Railway…