Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court February 2, 1929 (Higgins v. Fitzgerald)

Crosby, J.

This is an action on three promissory notes executed by the defendant as maker, one for $850, and two for $500 each, and payable to the order of the plaintiff. The answer as amended is a general denial, payment, want of consideration and illegality of consideration. At the trial the plaintiff offered the notes in evidence and rested.