Brown & Co. v. Rathburn

By the Court,

Watson, J.:

The appellants, as assignees of lea F. Bice, brought this action against the respondents to recover the amount of a *159certain promissory note, executed by tbe respondents in favor of Bice, in the following form:

“Oakland, Oregon, September 25, 1878.

“Two years after date, without grace, we, or either of us, promise to pay to lea B. Bice, the sum of six hundred dollars, in United States gold coin, value received.

S. Y. B. Bathburn,

Thomas Hanna,

C. B. Hanna.”

The respondents filed a joint answer denying the assignment, and alleging, as a separate defense, the lease of a farm…