Rusk v. Gray

This was a suit by the appellant, as plaintiff, on a promissory note for $400, alleged to have been executed by Sanford P. Gray, William Rider and Ben. T. R. Gray, by their partnership name of Gray, Rider & Co., and payable to the appellant’s intestate, Elijah Hall, in his lifetime. The appellant recovered a judgment by default, for the balance due on the note, against the. said Sanford P. and Ben. T. R. Gray. The a'ppellee William Rider appeared .and answered, and, as to him, the issues joined were tried by a jury, and a verdict was returned for him. Upon this verdict the court Tendered…