Fenn v. Dugdale

This was a proceeding instituted originally in the Probate Court of St. Louis county upon an account presented by the appellant Fenn against the estate of Francis Dugdale, deceased, for money paid to the use of decedent, upon a note executed by Dugdale and upon which plaintiff was alleged *64to be an accommodation endorser. The note had been negotiated at the banking-house of Lucas, Simonds & Co., and after maturity a judgment had been obtained against Fenn, which was fully paid off and discharged by him. The amount of the judgment with interest thereon, together with the costs of suit, was the…