Goodrich

Plaintiff appeals from a judgment rendered in favor of defendants Dwight P. Goodrich and Jennie Goodrich in an action upon a promissory note executed by the said Goodrichs and indorsed by defendants Herman Fisher and M. A. Fleming.

The complaint is in the usual form and, among other matters therein set forth, alleges that the note in question was on the date it bore executed by the defendants Dwight P. Goodrich and Jennie E. Goodrich, and thereafter was delivered to the defendant Herman Fisher, the payee named in the note; that subsequently and before maturity thereof and for a valuable consideration, the note in question was indorsed and delivered by Herman Fisher to M. A. Fleming, who before maturity of the note and for a valuable consideration indorsed and delivered it to the plaintiff bank, the then holder and owner of the note. Defendants Fisher and Fleming defaulted, but defendants Dwight P. Goodrich and Jennie E. Goodrich, the alleged makers of the note, answered, specifically denying all of the material allegations of the complaint concerning the execution and delivery of the note. In addition, they set up in their answer two special affirmative defenses, the material…