Reiter v. Pollard

This is an action by the plaintiff Pollard against defendant Reiter as administrator of the estate of C. A. Barnard, deceased, upon two promissory notes — one for $700, the other for $800, which Barnard had given to the National Radio Corporation and which the latter endorsed to Pollard. The facts are that Barnard bought of this corporation 2,320 shares of its capital stock of a par value of $1.00 each. These two notes in suit represent the payment for 1,000 of these shares. As a part of the same transaction and at the same time, Barnard gave his note for $1,320 for the remaining 1,320.shares…