Stephens v. J. L. Mathews Heirs

Stayton, Associate Justice.

J. L. Mathews brought this- ■ action against C. L. Stephens and the heirs of Margaret Love on April 16, 1883. The action is founded on a lost note alleged to- : have been executed by C. L. Stephens and Margaret Love to-J. Bussell on February 25, 1876, which was claimed to be due about January 1, 1880, but shown by the proof to have matured January 1, 1877. Mathews became the owner of the note in February, 1882, and it was alleged that it was given to secure a part of the purchase money of a tract of land described in the petition sold by Bussell to C. L. Stephens…