Pickett v. Andrews

R. M. Andrews instituted his suit against C. E. Pickett, M. Pickett, and Sarah Pickett, to recover an amount alleged to be due upon a note attached to the petition. The defendants admitted the excution of the note. C. E. Pickett pleaded that he signed the note as principal, and that the other two defendants were his sureties; and asked to set off damages alleged to have been sustained by him on account of a breach of a contract between himself and the plaintiff, relating to the hauling of certain timber, the amount of damages claimed being more than the amount duo on the note. The other…