Moffitt v. . Gaines

One day after date we promise to pay Hugh Moffit the sum of $850, for value received of him. Witness our hands and seals. 2 April, 1832.

WM. M. GAINES, [SEAL] Test. JAS. GAINES. [SEAL]

The suit was brought against James Gaines alone, who pleaded payment at and after the day when the bill fell due; and, on the trial at RANDOLPH on the last circuit, before Dick, J., the defendant, in support of this plea, offered in evidence the deposition of William M. Gaines, the principal obligor, who was then a resident of the State of Alabama. The deposition was regularly taken, after a deed of release from…