Haines v. Goodlander

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Johnston, C. J.:

Several months after the death of C. W. Goodlander, H. T. Haines and his wife presented a joint demand in the probate court against the Good-lander estate for $28,368.90, founded upon a note said to have been executed by C. W. Goodlander on August 2, 1901, for $26,000, payable to the order of Mrs. H. T. Haines, one year after date, with interest at eight per cent, per annum. Haines and his wife claimed that the *185note had been accidentally destroyed and therefore a copy of it was not set forth. The execution of the note and the validity…