Baily v. Smith

On tbe 8tb day of October, 1853, tbe plaintiff gave to tbe defendant, Charles H. Bolles, bis negotiable promissory note for tbe sum of $5370, and payable two years after date, witb interest. Prior to tbe 14tb of December, in tbe same year, sundry payments bad been made and indorsed tbereon, leaving then due tbe sum of $2500; and on that day, tbe plaintiff executed and delivered a mortgage upon real estate situated in Lorain county to secure this balance. On tbe 9th of June, 1856, be filed his amended petition against Bolles, tbe original payee of tbe note — Kendall and Lucas, through whose…