Huff v. Cole

Action by the appellant against the appellees, on a promissory note dated July 30th, 1866, payable two years after date, for seven hundred dollars, at eight per cent, interest from date. Cole was not found. The defendant Bucklen answered in five paragraphs. The first was, that “as he verily believes, the note mentioned in the plaintiff’s complaint is not his act and deed.” In the second, he alleged that his name was signed to said note as security for Cole, the principal therein; that on the 29th day of July, 1868, one day before the said note became due, the plaintiff, without the knowledge…