White v. Miller

The complaint in this action, which was by the appellee against the appellant, alleges that the plaintiff and the defendant executed a note, on the 14th day of January, 1869, to one Goff, for the sum of eight hundred dollars, payable in one year after date, with eight per cent, interest, the appellee executing the note as the surety of the appellant; that afterward, on the 14th day of January, 1870, the appellee paid off and satisfied the note.

A copy of the note is filed with and made part of the complaint.

The appellant answered in several paragraphs. The first paragraph was a general denial.…