Wilkerson v. Hood

This action originated before a justice of the peace, and is on a note for $20, dated May 7, 1894, payable to plaintiff and signed by the defendant and Gr. W. Black. Black is the principal in the note, and the defendant a surety. In the circuit court- the action was dismissed as to Black, and the cause proceeded against the defendant. The defenses, as stated in defendant’s brief, were that Black signed the note under duress in that he was threatened by plaintiff with imprisonment for crime, and further that the consideration of the note was the compounding of a felony committed by Black, and…