Conowingo Land Co. v. McGaw

The appellee sued the appellant on three certificates of indebtedness, two being for $5,000 each, and the other for $3,150. The form of the three (except as to the amount) is the same and is as follows:

“This is to certify that the Oonowingo Land Company of Cecil County, Maryland, a corporation, is lawfully indebted to bearer in the sum of five thousand dollars ($5,000.00) with interest at the rate of six per centum per annum from the first day of April, 1902, until paid. The same being a part of the purchase money advanced and paid for the real estate of said company, and in order to secure…