McCrite v. Hendrix College

Appellee, Hendrix College, sued appellants, J. W. McCrite and Maud McCrite, in Crawford chancery court on a note -executed by appellants on December 7,1924, to W. R. Willis, trustee for the Wallace Institute, for the sum of $200 with interest at ten per cent., due one year from its date, and to foreclose a mortgage upon lands of appellants given to secure the payment of said note.

Appellants, defendants below, in their answer admitted the execution of the note and mortgage, -but specifically pleaded as a complete bar to plaintiff’s right of recovery the five-year statute of limitations.

It was…