Coughlin v. Truitt

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Day.

We will refer to the parties by name.

C. E. Coughlin and his wife Edna sued Truitt for $2,208.39 plus interest as the principal balance of a $2,500.00 note executed jointly and severally by Truitt and J. P. Coughlin, a son of C. E. and Edna Coughlin. At the trial Truitt admitted execution of the note, admitted he received the money and that the proceeds of the loan acually went into property which he at the time of the execution of the note and at the time of the suit still owned. Truitt, however, denied that he owed any part of the note and testified, over objection,…