Legal Opinion
Yowell v. Dodd
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Decided June 23, 1868PublishedCited by 4 opinions
CASS 32 — PETITION ORDINARY' — APPEAL PROM MARLON OLSOUIT COURT. CITED— • 1 Marshall, 545; 3 Marshall, 259. 1 B. Monroe, 201; 4 Metcalfe, 297. 1 Metcalfe, 551. Act incorporating Hustonsville and Bmdfordsville Turnpike Read Company. CITED— 3 Dana, 237; Cook <§• Co. vs. Sanford. 6 B. Mon., 617 ; Hunter's adm'r vs. Miller's ex'rs. 1 B. Mon., 13; Commercial Bank Orleans vs. Newport Manufacturing Co., fyc.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Petees
This action was brought by appellant against appellees to make them personally responsible for the debt on the following writing r
“ Twelve months after date, the president and directors of the Hustonsville and Bradfordsville turnpike road company will pay Leroy Yowell twelve hundred dollars, for value received, at six per cent, inters from date, this 16th of November, 1865.
“E. J. Dodb, Pres.,
“ James Yowell,
“Jas. J. Drye,
“M. P. Dkye,
“Wm. L. McCain.”
To the petition a demurrer was sustained, and the only question presented to this court by the appeal is, whether the writing sued on binds the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Whitney v. SudduthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1863
3Cited by4 opinions
- McKensey v. EdwardsCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1889
- Harned v. HarnedCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1937
- Bowman v. McBrayerCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1874
- Simpson v. Heath & Co.Kentucky Supreme Court · 1979