Legal Opinion
Bowen v. Mount Vernon Sav. Bank
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided June 26, 1939No. 7175PublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EDGERTON, Associate Justice.
In 1927 appellants made a valid note for $43,000, payable on May 5, 1929, and secured by a second deed of trust. About ten days before it fell due James H. Baden, vice-president of the Commercial National Bank, the then holder, informed appellants’ son, who had asked for an extension, that the bank would extend the note for two years if appellants would pay a “curtail” of $3,800 and a “bonus” of $4,200. On May 8, 1929, the demanded curtail and bonus were paid and the note was extended to May 5, 1931 at six per cent per annum. On the same day the note, showing an…
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