Sloo v. Roberts

Assumpsit by George L. and James H. Roberts, administrators of Edmund Roberts, deceased, against Albert G. Sloo, the assignor of a promissory note made on the 17th of May, 1837, by one Andrew Heredeth, at Alton, Illinois, whereby he promised to pay to the order of said Sloo, twelve months after date, 1,462 dollars and 50 cents. Before the day of payment arrived, Sloo assigned the note to Edmund Roberts. It is averred in the declaration that said note is lost; also that when it became due, Heredeth was utterly insolvent, and continued so up until his death, which occurred in September, 1839,…