Branaugh v. Mills

Opinion oe the Court by

Judge Hardin :

The appellants, as plaintiffs in the court below, brought this suit against the appellee, Robert Mills, to recover upon his alleged liability as survivor of Thomas Hall, deceased, on their assignment of a promissory note on O. E. Merriwether for $1,800, dated the 2dth of September, 1860, and payable eight months thereafter to said Mills, who assigned it to the firm of Hall & Mills, consisting of said Hall and himself, who assigned it to the appellants. The petition exhibits a transcript of a suit by the appellants brought on the 9th of February, 1863, on…