Armstrong v. Cook

Cook sued Wheeler, Farrar and Jesse Armstrong as makers,' and Cyrus Armstrong as indorser of a promissory note. The complaint is in two paragraphs. The fir§t avers, that on the first day of February, 1866, Wheeler, Farrar, and Jesse Armstrong made, and Cyrus Armstrong indorsed, a promissory note, whereby the defendants promised to pay the plaintiff $2,999.32, at the Evansville National Bank, which remains unpaid, except $500; that on the 4th day of June, 1866, said defendants, Wheeler, Farrar and Armstrong, got wrongful possession of the note, upon the false pretense that they would give…