Oliver v. Gary

Opinion by

Holt, C.:

On May 2, 1885, Mary A. Gary' executed a lease to W. R. Skillman for eighty acres of land in Bourbon county, for the agreed rental of $300, evidenced by two notes, one for $100, payable to James P. Clark; the other for $200, payable to Mary A. Gary, of which the following is a copy:

“Fort Scott, Kansas, May 2, 1885. — On or before Oct. 1, 1885, after date, I promise to pay to the order of Mary A. Gary the sum of two hundred dollars, value received, payable at the First National Bank, Fort Scott, Kansas, with interest from date at the rate of 8 per cent, per annum.

W. R.…