Coubrough v. Adams

Belcher, C. C.

This is an action to recover the amount alleged to be due on a promissory note executed by the defendant’s testator to the order of McFarlane, Blair & Co., and by them indorsed to the plaintiff.

The complaint is in the usual form, setting forth a copy of the note, and was filed in the District Court of the third judicial district for Alameda County on the twenty-eighth day of June, 1876.

The defendant answered to the complaint, setting up the circumstances under which the note was given, and alleging that it was indorsed to plaintiff after its maturity, and had been fully, paid.

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