Jones v. Manitowoc Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co.

The defendant in error, to which reference herein will be made as the plaintiff, brought an action *468at law against the plaintiff in error, herein called the defendant, in the Circuit Court of D.ade County on five, promissory notes, the first payable on May 1st, 1911, and the others respectively on the first of the four following months. They were all alike, and payable to order.

It is alleged in the declaration that the plaintiff became the holder of these notes by endorsement to it by the Merchants & Planters Transportation Company for value and before maturity.

Several pleas were filed to the…