Edward Nalle & Co. v. Higginbotham

This suit was instituted by plaintiffs against the administrator of the estate of Mrs. Elizabeth Higginbotham,, deceased, to recover the amount of a promissory note. The note was made by D. P. Higginbotham, a son of the decedent; but it is claimed by plaintiffs that he was acting as agent of his mother in executing the note — that it was given for supplies furnished for her plantation, and that they are therefore entitled to a judgment for its amount against her administrator.

There was judgment for defendant, and plaintiffs have appealed.

The textual provisions of the Civil Code plainly…