Yazoo Delta Mortgage Co. v. Harlow

The appellant was plaintiff in the court below, and brought suit upon a note given to the Planters’ Bank by the defendants for the sum of eleven thousand six hundred thirty-nine dollars, and fifteen cents, upon which certain payments had been made.

There were numerous pleas filed by the defendants, one of which was that the plaintiff did not own the note sued upon, and had not the legal title thereto, said plea, in full reading as follows:

“Now come the defendants, J. H. Johnson, Earl Brewer, Ed Brewer, E. J. Mullens, Jr., W. B. Nichols, and S. A. Corley, and, for further plea, say that the…