Briggs v. McCabe

McCabe, as guardian of William Tague, an infant, sued Briggs, the appellant, in the court below, on a *328promissory note, not negotiable, payable to tbe ward. A copy of tbe note is made a part of tbe complaint. In addition to tbe usual averments, it is alleged that tbe note was transferred by assignment by tbe payee to Lewis Mitchell for a trifling consideration, neither for money nor necessaries, tbe said Mitchell having notice that Tague was a minor; that Lewis Mitchell transferred tbe note to Lafayette Mitchell, who bad notice of tbe minority of tbe payee; that tbe note was then either in the…