Corwith v. Colter

Appellee executed the note upon which suit was brought in the court below, on the 6th day of November, 1857. It was for $675, due in ninety days, and payable to the order of S. Alderson. It was indorsed, without date, to appellant by the payee. It appears that the note was given for one hundred and fifty barrels of flour, which were to be shipped on board of the steamboat Caleña, then at the wharf in the city of Caleña. The flour was to be placed on board so as to be transported to St. Paul, for which place the boat was then destined. Only fifty barrels were so put on the boat, and some bran…