Kenney v. Armour Fertilizer Works

Suit on a promissory note was brought by Armour Fertilizer Works against T. B. Kenney and the administratrix of the estate of J. C. Hudspeth. On demurrer the administratrix was dismissed as a party defendant, and the case proceeded against Kenney alone. He admitted a prima facie case and assumed the burden. The note sued on was signed, “ J. B. Kenney,” and “Est. J. C. Hudspeth, by J. 0. Bridges, executor,” and was given for fertilizer. In his answer Kenney alleged, in substance, that he was the tenant of Martha J. Hudspeth, who had a life estate in the land he rented; that she bought the…