Cottrell v. Smith

This is a suit upon a promissory note executed by the appellant to the Mary Mac Plantation Company. It was begun iii the circuit court, and transferred therefrom to the court below. The suit is upon a purely legal demand, and why the cause was transferred to the court below is not apparent, and is not here material. The original bill was by the complainant, in his own name, without disclosing any beneficial interest in the note in the Mary Mac Plantation Company. The appellee, by answer and cross-bill, challenged the appellant’s ownership of the note, and alleged that the real ownership…