Hall v. Kimball

The firm of W. P. Hall & Co., of which one Betty McHatten was a member, were indebted to the firm of E. B. Kimball & Co. in the sum of $800, for money advanced, to recover which suit was instituted in the circuit court of Morgan county.

On the 1st day of June, 1867, Betty McHatten, being indebted to the firm of E. B. Kimball & Co. in the sum of $5492.86, on her own individual account, executed and delivered to the firm her promissory note for the amount, due in five months. Before the maturity of the note, Kimball & Co. indorsed it to a banking house in Hew Orleans.

Betty McHatten failed to pay…