Fentress v. . Robins

Anderson afterwards joined the enemy, during the Revolutionary War, but knowing that the balance due him was only £ 10, desirous to guard the complainant against the payment of a greater sum, as no credits were endorsed on the bond, and anxious to secure what was due if he survived the perils which surrounded him, or that his wife and children might receive it if he fell, brought the bond to the complainant and delivered it to him. Anderson was afterwards killed, and the (611) complainant paid the balance to his widow, who was in great distress.

In 1782 administration of Anderson's effects was…