Moore v. Easley

Bushrod W. Bell, by Lea & Hines, his attornies at law, brought an action in the County Court of Perry against Moore,, the plaintiff in error, to recover the amount of a promissory note for $200, signed by said Moore and one W. H. Carey. Afterwards, at the February Term of said County Court, the writ having been duly executed and the defendant failing to appear, a judgment by default was entered against him on the note described in the declaration, for $285 33. On the Sth day of July 1847, Moore filed in said court his petition, setting forth the death of Bell at the time of the rendition of…