Lewis v. Paschal's Administrator

This suit was brought on the following instrument of writing:—

“ Five years after date, I promise to pay to the order of Hat. “ Lewis, three thousand two hundred and seventy-seven dol- “ lars and twenty-nine cents, for value received, negotiable and “ payable without defalcation or discount, with interest at the “ rate of ten per cent, per annum, payable annually from date.” This note was dated San Antonio, April 9th, 1857, and signed I. A. Paschal. After the death of the maker, the note, duly authenticated, was presented to the administrator and allowed, and was approved as a legal claim…