Harkness v. Julian

This action was brought on a promissory note. The plaintiff in his original petition, stated that he was the administrator of the estate of one J. H. Elam, deceased, and described himself in the caption of' the petition as such, and charged, that the defendants together with one "W. F. McFall‘by their promissory note dated, etc., for value, had promised to pay said Elam the sum of ninety dollars four months after date, with ten per cent, interest; that fifteen dollars had been paid on said note; that the balance of the note was unpaid; that since the date of the note Elam had died, and that…