Heavin v. Sutherlin

The appellee, claimant below, filed her claim in five paragraphs against the estate of Alonzo Cook, deceased. The first was on a note for $10,000, the second, third and fourth were on three smaller notes, and the fifth was for money loaned. She recovered on the first four paragraphs. The appellant here challenges only her recovery on the first.

At the trial the decedent’s signature to the $10,000 note was proven. The note was in appellee’s possession and was introduced in evidence. It was dated January 1,1943, payable to the appellee one year after date, with interest at two percent. It bore…