Jackson v. Rutledge

On the 13th of October, 1874, Fannie W. Eutledge, then and now a married woman, bought from J. H. Crenshaw a tract of land at the price of $3,144.60. She paid him in cash $1,500, being money collected from her late guardian by suit in the Chancery Court, and paid to her in person under orders of that court. She gave Crenshaw her two notes for $822.30 each, payable respectively on the 25th of December, 1876 and 1877. These notes were endorsed to the complainant, E. A. F. Jackson, for value, before maturity. *627‘Crenshaw had bought the land from D. L. Gordon, and paid him therefor, but the legal…