Griswold v. Frame

This action was brought to recover on a promissory note. Defendant’s defense of want of consideration was sustained by the trial judge, and the appeal is taken from the judgment which was entered in his favor.

Margaret E. Griswold was the sister of the defendant. Her first husband, Lumereau, died in the year 1909, and the promissory note in question was made on March 6, 1911, which was prior to the time that the sister married Griswold, who appears here as the administrator of her estate. The promissory note sued upon was among the effects of plaintiff’s intestate. In establishing his defense…