Blakely v. Bennecke

Action on an instrument in this form :

$500. Head Qrs. U. S Forces,

Brunswick, Mo., January 3, 1865.

Beceived of Mrs. Catherine Blakely the sum of five hundred dollars, $500, to be used to buy Spencer Rifles, for Co. I., 49th Regt. Mo. Vols.; said money to be returned as soon as the County bounty is paid to said Company in full with out interest.

Louis Bennecke,

Capt. 49th Regt., Mo. Vols.

Com’d’g Post.

The suit was brought by the husband of Mrs. Blakely.

There were four counts in the petition; the first charged that plaintiff’s wife, acting as his agent, on the 3rd day of January, 1865, loaned the…