Parker's Administrator v. Moore

' This was a suit on a note given by Moore to Parker in his lifetime for $1,130, dated March 24, 1854. The plaintiff, who was Parker’s administrator, declared on the note as upon a note given to himself. The defence sot up in the answer was that the note was a mistake ; that in its present form of a note to Parker alone it was for twice the amount it should have been, or it should have been drawn payable to Parker and Moore. The answer explains the circumstances under which the note was executed. It states that Parker and Moore were about engaging in partnership as merchants ; that Parker…