Mitchell v. Shook

This was a proceeding hy attachment, commenced before a justice of the peace of White county, and thence taken hy appeal to the circuit court of that county, where the case was tried, by agreement of parties, by the court without the intervention of a jury, and judgment was rendered in favor of the defendant. The case is brought to this court by appeal.

The object of the suit is to recover the amount due on a promissory note given by the defendant to the plaintiff, and there is no claim made that the debt was unjust, not due, or that it had been paid. It is admitted to be both just and unpaid.

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