Mack v. Adler

On the ninth of December, 1881, Poe & Co., merchants, doing business at Clinton, in this state, were indebted to Adler, Goldman & Co., commission merchants, doing business in St. Louis, in the sum of $7,258.21. At this time, Adler, Goldman & Co. had on hand cotton for sale for account of Poe & Co., which it was estimated would reduce the amount due the former to about the sum of $3,400, and for this amount Poe & Co., on the day named, executed their note, payable to Adler, Goldman & Co., due January 1, 1883, and, to secure payment of the same, executed a deed of trust on lands to Jones, as…