Druckamiller v. Coy

Appellee sued appellant upon the following instrument in writing:

“For a valuable consideration I promise to pay to Jemima Coy, at Elkhart county, in the State of Indiana, $500 on the following conditions, to wit: Whereas David Coy and said Jemima Coy have this day executed to John C. Druckamiller a mortgage on sixty acres of land [describing it], to secure said Druckamiller as surety for said David Coy; and whereas it is agreed and understood that said real estate mortgaged is of greater value than necessary to secure said Druekamiller, and in consideration of said Jemima Coy’s joining in and…