Johnson v. Lockhart, Adm'r.

The appellant in due course of trade purchased, before maturity, a negotiable note executed by one A. Bernard, the appellee's intestate, on the 18th of May, 1883, for $400, with 8 per cent interest thereon from date, and payable 12 months after date, and which note was in part payment of the tract of land which is the subject of controversy between the parties to this suit.

The land was sold to the said Bernard in 1883, and upon his paying $1500 in cash and executing this note and a deed of trust upon the land, the vendor, Susan A. Dirmeyer, joined by her husband, executed a deed of conveyance…