Hall v. Farmers Bank

The complaint of the plaintiff bank has two causes of action, each on a promissory note, set out in extenso, signed by defendant Hall and one Swanson as makers. The answer to both causes of action is the same. It admits the capacity of plaintiff corporation, its ownership of the notes, their execution by defendant, and denies the other averments of the complaint. Included in the answer are two separate affirmative defenses, and a third separate defense and counterclaim, each of which is based upon the same state of facts. One general statement of the facts relied on to defeat the action thus…