Legal Opinion
Matheny v. Hughes
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided April 15, 1873PublishedCited by 1 opinion
FROM HARDIN. Appeal in error from the Circuit Court, May Term, 1871. HoN. E. Walker, J.
1Opinion of the CourtBurton, J.
Matheny the plaintiff in error made his promissory note payable to one E. G. Green,, on the 25th day of December, 1868, for the sum of thirty-three dollars.
On the 13th of February, 1868, one A. F. Dickey, a creditor of Green caused a garnishment summons to be served upon Matheny. Matheny appeared before J. D. Brooks, a justice of the peace for Hardin county, and answered that he had executed the note above described, and stated in his answer that the note was still in the possession of Green. The justice gave judgment against Matheny for the amount of the note, on the 25th of January, 1869.
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