Roots v. Merriwether
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 76 — PETITION EQUITY APPEAL FROM THE LOUISVILLE CHANCERY COURT. (Record and Briefs in this case have been misplaced.)
1Opinion of the Court
JUDGE HARDIN
delivered the opinion oe the court.’
Oh the 18th of March, 1857, the appellee, at Cincinnati, Ohio, executed his promissory note for $1,388.89, payable two years thereafter, “to the order of D. H. Merriwether, at R. K. Swift’s bank, Chicago, Illinois,” of which note the appellant, G. Y. Roots, by proper indorsements, became the owner and holder, and as such at the maturity of the paper caused it to be duly presented and protested for non-payment. He instituted this action on the 1st of February, 1870, founded on the note, of which he exhibited a copy, the original having been lost…
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