Hickman v. Rayl

This action is founded on a promissory note, made by the appellants to the appellee.

The answer to the complaint is as follows:

“ That said note was executed by the defendant Silas Hickman, as principal, and by the defendant George W. Hickman, as surety for the said Silas, in consideration of the rent of a farm owned by the plaintiff, which he rented to the defendant Silas Hickman, by articles of agreement made between the said plaintiff and said Silas, on the same day the note was executed, and as a part of the same agreement, by which articles the plaintiff', in consideration of the…