E. D. Fisher Lumber & Coal Co. v. Robbins

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Johnston, C. J.:

The E. D. Fisher Lumber and Coal Company recovered a judgment against John Robbins for $402.59, from which the defendant has taken an appeal.

It was based on a promissory note executed' by the defendant Robbins to E. L. Dobbins, payable sixty days after date, with interest at eight per cent per annum. Dobbins sold the note to plaintiff, to whom he was indebted, and in consideration of the note he was given credit on his debt to the extent of $150, and besides, he was paid $175 in cash, and upon being asked to indorse the instrument, he…