Guild v. Goldsmith, Haber & Co.

This was an action of assumpsit, on a promissory note made by one John W. Cook, for $800, alleged to be dated the 4th day of August, A. D. 1859, “ payable to the defendant or order on the first day of January, after date, with eight per cent, interest after due.” The declaration stated *213that the defendant, after the said note was delivered to him by said Cook, to wit, on the 17th day of January, 1859, at Santa liosa county, endorsed the said note to the plaintiffs, and the said John W. Cook did not pay the amount thereof, although the same was then presented to him on the day when it became…