Ashcraft v. Bream

JOHNSON, District Judge.

This is an action in assumpsit originally instituted by E. H. Ashcraft, receiver of the Seminole County Bank of the state of Florida to recover from the defendant $42,325, with interest and attorney’s fees claimed to he due on three promissory notes made by D. M. Bream, defendant, to H. S. Long, trustee. After suit was started, W. H. Tunnieliffe, liquidator, was substituted in place of E. H. Ashcraft, receiver.

Following is a copy of one of the notes:

“$13,333.33 Sanford, Florida,

Feby. 19th, 1926.

“On or before one year next after date, I promise to pay to Henry S. Long,…