Graves v. Kent

This was an action by Alexander J. Kent, *39against Daniel M. Graves, for the rents and profits of certain real estate, after it had been sold at a judicial sale, and while it was liable to be redeemed.

Upon a trial by a jury, there was a verdict for the plaintiff for two hundred and seventy-five dollars. A motion for a new trial was overruled, and judgment followed upon the verdict.

The material facts, as they were made to appear upon the trial, may be briefly stated thus :

On the 6th day of October, 1869, one Benjamin M. Whinnery executed his promissory note to the plaintiff,' Kent, for the sum…