Capps v. Gorham

This was an action brought by Capps and others, to the use of Price, against Gorham. On the trial, the plaintiffs read in evidence a note and indorsements thereon, as follows: —'

“ $100. November 1,1850.

“ Twelve months after date, I promise to pay one hundred dollars to Joseph Capps, William N. Ross, William Thomas, John Jordan, and Otway Wilkinson, trustees of the Methodist Episcopal church of West Jacksonville, for the purpose of purchasing a lot and building a church for said society.

“Josiah Gorham.”

“ This note is to be discharged in lumber, of material good and suitable for the within…