Keller v. Beaty

Blandford, Justice.

John Keller bought from Beaty a tract of land in the county of Spalding. Several years thereafter, it was agreed between these parties and William Keller, the brother of John Keller, that the latter should assume the indebtedness and take the place of John Keller as the debtor of Beaty; and William Keller thereupon executed his note to Beaty for this land. Beaty sued William Keller on this note. The latter pleaded that, while John Keller was the debtor, Beaty had sold wood from the land to the amount of $350, and had also received cotton therefrom to the value of $100, as…