Allen v. Coffil

This was an action of assumpsit in the Washington Circuit Court, brought by Jesse Coffil against Samuel K. Allen, and a verdict and judgment for plaintiff. A motion for a new trial was overruled and a bill of exceptions taken.

The ease was this: Perry W. Nichols made his notes with Allen, his security, to Coffil, and, when due, and Coffil pressing for the money, which Nichols could not pay, Coffil offered to take notes Nichols held on one Barret, if Nichols would indorse them, and defendant also. Nichols indorsed the notes, and Allen, also, in this form: “ Sam’l K. Allen as security,” and they…