Thornton v. Pugh

EDWARD N. SCRUGGS, Retired Circuit Judge.

Mr. Thornton, the plaintiff, sued Mr. Pugh upon an $8,000 loan. The plaintiff contended that he made the loan to the defendant and that it was evidenced by the defendant’s promissory note. The defendant denied that such a loan had been made and countered that the $8,000 note “is a fake, it is a contrived, pieced together, false document.” After a nonjury ore ten-us trial before the circuit court, a judgment was rendered in favor of the defendant and against the plaintiff. The plaintiff’s motion for a judgment notwithstanding the verdict or for a new…