Wells v. Duffy
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Myers, J., entered December 9, 1911, upon findings in favor of the plaintiff, in an action on a promissory note, upon a trial to the court.
1Opinion of the CourtGose, J.
This is a suit by an indorsee upon a promissory note. The defense interposed is that the note was obtained by means of fraudulent representations made by the payee. There was a judgment for the plaintiff. The defendant prosecutes the appeal.
The note was drawn July 5, 1910, for $2,000, in favor of one Blake, payable one year after date. The court found that, within a week after its execution, the payee sold and indorsed it to the American Mortgage & Guaranty Company, a corporation, in payment of a subscription which he had made to the capital stock of that corporation; that on July 28,…
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