Parks v. Zeek

Zeek sued Parks before a justice of the peace, on a note endorsed by the payee to the plaintiff, of which the following is a copy:

“April 21st, 1871.

“Nine months after date I promise to pay William Walker the sum of one hundred and fifteen dollars, for value received.

Levi D. Parks.”

The defendant filed the following answer before the justice, viz.:

“The defendant, Parks, for answer to the said note and complaint, says that said note was given in consideration of a certain horse purchased by the defendant for the benefit of himself and his father, Curtis Parks; that when said note was given, it…