Stanley v. Ellington

The suit was by defendant in error Ellington against plaintiff in error Stanley. It was commenced in a justice court of Cass county, and was on a check for $200, drawn on a bank by Stanley, in favor of Ellington. The cheek is not a part of the record on the appeal. It appears from the evidence of witnesses in the statement of facts that the check was drawn March 13, 1931, but was dated April 13, 1931, and that it represented part of the purchase price of land sold and conveyed by Ellington to Stanley. In the justice court judgment was rendered in Ellington’s favor for the amount of the check,…