Ricketts v. Geil

• This is an action to recover judgment for the amount due on a promissory note. The defense plead was lack of consideration. Trial was to a jury. After both parties had rested, the trial court sustained a motion by the plaintiff for an instructed verdict. Judgment was entered for the plaintiff. The defendants appeal.

*532There is no serious dispute about the facts. The Lincoln Trust Company and the Lincoln Safe Deposit Company were separate corporations. The Deposit Company was owned entirely by the Trust Company. The two companies had the same officers and personnel, occupied the same quarters,…