Crawford v. Davis

FUNDERBURK, Justice.

J. M. Crawford, as plaintiff, alleged that he was the owner of a note for the principal sum of $2,000 due by J. C. Buie, on January 1, 1930. This note had been in the hands of R. C. Couch who collected and credited certain payments thereon. In December, 1934, Crawford and Couch placed the note with Tom Davis, an attorney, with instructions to file suit upon the same before it became barred by limitation. In order to facilitate handling, at the attorney’s suggestion, Crawford indorsed the note, without recourse, to said R. C. Couch. Davis, the attorney, filed suit in the…