Lyon v. Watson

Plaintiffs sued to recover the sum of $11,-089.77, which they claimed was due them from the defendants,—$10,010.29 upon a promissory note, and the *391balance upon an unpaid saw bill. The sum of $10,010.29 was the amount yet unpaid on a note given by defendants to plaintiff Lyon for $90,000, for part of the purchase price of the timber on half a section of land, which note was indorsed at the date thereof by Mr. Lyon to the plaintiffs in this case. Payments had been made upon the note, from time to time, until all had been paid except $10,010.29. The defendants, on the same day they bought the…