Hall v. Johnson

This was an action of assumpsit brought to recover on a non-negotiable promissory note payable to Mrs. John W. Young and by her assigned to defendants in error as collateral security for the debt of her husband. The defense set up was that the note was given without consideration, and that it was never assigned to the plaintiffs, — defendants in error, — the same having been obtained by them by means of fraudulent representations made by their agent.

On the trial there was evidence given tending to show that the note‘was a gift to Mrs. Young without consideration, and there also was evidence…