Carman v. Elledge

The plaintiff, in his petition, alleges that as administrator he made a sale at auction of certain stock on Eebruary 10, 1870, and that by the terms of said sale time was given to purchasers who furnished approved security,; *410tbat Gilbert Hampton bought a cow at said sale and plaintiff refused to deliver her to the purchaser on his own credit alone; that Hampton gave his note, duly signed, as follows: “ Feb. 10, 1870. One year after date, for value received, we promise to pay to L. Carman, or bearer, thirty dollars, with interest at ten per cent.”; that the defendant wrote and signed to the…