McCoy v. Babcock

This suit was commenced before a justice of the peace of Warren county, upon the following promissory note:

“ $200. Denny, 111., Feb. 19,1876.

“ On or before the first day of March, A. D. 1877, for value received, we, or either of us-, promise to pay Almon Beecher the sum of two hundred dollars.

“This note given to secure the rent on 80 acres of land belonging to above-named party.

“James McCoy,

“Indorsed: A. Beecher. Joseph McCoy.”

Judgment was rendered by the justice against defendants, and they appealed to Circuit Court, where upon á trial before the court, a jury being waived, a like result…