Depuy v. Clark

Action by the appellee against the appellant to recover the amount of a promissory note made by one Volney L. Williams to the plaintiff, for the sum of 643 dollars, 48 cents, dated October 10, 1853, and payable one day after date, alleged to have been placed in the hands of the defendant by the plaintiff, as collateral security for the payment of an account of 50 dollars, due from the plaintiff to the defendant. Averment that the defendant had received certain property and some money from Williams, on the note, and that he had surrendered up the note to 'Williams, taking the note of Williams…