Baker v. . Garris

The complaint alleges:

1. That on 1 January, 1886, Julia J. V. Garris, wife of the defendant, for a valuable consideration, executed and delivered her promissory note, under seal, to the plaintiff, wherein she promised to pay the plaintiff, on 1 January, 1888, the sum of $400, with interest at 8 per cent per annum from said 1 January, 1886, and that no part of said indebtedness has been paid.

2. That in 1887 said Julia J. V. Garris died, possessed of real and personal estate, leaving a will, in which her husband, the defendant, was appointed executor of the same, who qualified as such executor…