Jones v. Hathaway

In this action, the appellants, William Jones and Dawson Blackmore, sued the appellees, Joseph V. Hathaway, Thomas Fullerton, Joseph H. Kirby and William M. A. Kirby, upon a promissory note for eight hundred and forty dollars, dated December 1st, 1874, executed by said appellees, and payable to said appellants on the 25th day of December, 1875. The appellees answered affirmatively in two paragraphs, and also filed a third paragraph, by way of counter-claim or cross complaint, against the said appellants, aiid making defendants thereto certain other persons, as the heirs at law of John Jones,…