President of Hartsville University v. Hamilton

Suit by appellant against the appellee on five promissory notes, all of the same date, tenor, and effect, except as to the time of payment, as the following copy:

*507“ $20. State of Indiana, Clinton County,

July 24th, 1854.

“On or before the 12th day of May, 1867, I promise to pay to the President and Trustees of the Hartsville University, at the office of their treasurer in Hartsville, in the county of Bartholomew, and State of Indiana, the sum of twenty dollars, being the first instalment on a perpetual scholarship in said university. Thomas M. Hamilton.”

The defendant answered in three…