American Insurance v. McWhorter

Action by the appellant against the appellee upon the following promissory note:

“$44.00. For value received in Policy No. 121,504, dated the 8th day of April, 1873, issued by the American Insurance Company, of Chicago, Illinois, I promise to pay said company the sum of eleven dollars on the first day of April, 1874, and eleven dollars on the first day of April, 1875, and eleven dollars on the first day of April, 1876, and eleven dollars on the first day of April, 1877.

(Signed) “William McWhorter.”

The appellee answered by a single paragraph, substantially as follows:

That the note was obtained…