Whitney v. Richards
Utah Supreme Court
Appeal from district court, Salt Lake county; A. N. Cherry, Judge. Action by Ann L. Whitney against Joseph S. Richards and others. Plaintiff had judgment, and defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
ZANE, C. J.:
This action was instituted on October IT, 1896, to recover the balance alleged to be due the plaintiff on a promissory note, executed by defendants, for $17,000, with interest at $60 per month, from its date, November 1, 1890. The defendants answered, admitting the execution of the note, but alleging in avoidance that defendant Joseph S. Richards was the principal, and the other defendants were his sureties; that on October 27, 1893, he executed ánd delivered to the plaintiff his note for $1,500, and a conveyance of real estate, described, which plaintiff accepted in full…
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