Marshall v. Thruston

Cooper, J.,

delivered the opinion of the .court.

The defendant in error, Thruston, as trustee of the *741People’s Bank, under an assignment for the benefit of creditors, brought this suit against the plaintiff in error on three notes executed by him to the bank, dated August 17, 1872, at eighteen, twenty-four and thirty months, with interest from date, for $860 each. These notes, with others which have been paid, were given by Marshall to the bank on settlement of certain transactions in buying and selling Tennessee State bonds on time during the years 1869, 1870 and 1871. Verdict and judgment were…