Pratt v. Rounds

Opinion of the Court by

Chief Justice Hobson

Reversing.

On February 2, 1912, Elizabeth M. Rounds, doing business in tbe name of B. H. Rounds & Sons, executed to tbe Brenard Manufacturing Company six notes, each for $50, due respectively in two, three, four, five, six and seven months. W. I. Pratt brought this suit upon the notes, alleging that the Brenard Manufacturing Company had assigned them to him for value before maturity in due course. Mrs. Rounds answered in substance that the notes had been obtained by fraud and denied that they had been assigned to Pratt. Pratt replied denying that the…