Moore v. Pendleton

"W"oxíden, J.

Action by the appellees against Moore, upon promissory notes made by him to one Henry B. Hill, and by Hill indorsed to the plaintiffs.

The defendant answered in three paragraphs, to which demurrers were sustained, and exceptions taken. Final judgment for the plaintiffs.

The first paragraph alleges, in substance, that the notes were given for certain lands, which one Hiram Prather, as the pretended agent of Hill, the payee, agreed to sell to the *482defendant. The agreement was in writing, and is set out as follows, viz.,

“I, Henry B. Hill, by Hiram Prather, this day have sold to Lermcel…