Freeman v. State

The State, on the relation of the Board of Commissioners of Decatur county, sued James M. and Mary J. Freeman, the heirs of William W. Freeman, John, Charles, and Westley Throp, the heirs of Thomas Throp, deceased, and James Freeman, upon three bonds, each for the payment of 133 dollars and 33 cents, and executed on the 2d of May, 1841, by the said James Freeman, Thomas Throp, and William W. Freeman, to the State, for money loaned to them by the agent of that part of the surplus revenue fund allotted to said county. John, Charles and. Westley Throp answered: 1. By a general denial. 2. That…