Walton v. . Robinson

This was an action on a promissory note, given by the firm of J. Robinson Co., which did business in Macon County, and was composed of the defendant Siler and of James Robinson, the intestate of the other defendants. It was given to Walton, who was a merchant in Charleston, in South Carolina, for goods sold to the firm, and fell due on 8 September, 1837. The action was commenced on 15 February, 1843, and the pleas were the "general issue and the statute of limitations," and also, by Robinson's administrators, "fully administered." The (342) partnership was dissolved in 1838. For the purpose…