Rankin v. Collins

Collins, the appellee, sued Joel Bennett, Henry Lanham, Conway O. Lanham, and James A. Rankin, the appellant. The facts alleged in the complaint are the following : That Joel Bennett, Henry Lanham, and Conway O. Lanham, partners, as Bennett, Lanham & Co., as a firm and individually as principals, made their promissory note of November 4th, 1873, with said Rankin and Collins, the plaintiff, as sureties, payable at the First National Bank of Greens-*159burgh,Indiana,for the payment of four thousand six hundred dollars and thirty-seven cents, on or before the 1st day of April,1874, with attorney’s…