Medlin v. Ebenezer Methodist Church

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Justice Cothran.

This is an action upon a note, signed “Ebenezer Methodist Church, by R. C. Chavis Treasurer,” dated September 4, 1920, amount $185, due October 4, 1920, payee, R. R. Brooks, interest 8 per cent, from maturity, with 10 per cent, attorney’s fees, transferred before maturity, for value, to the plaintiff Medlin.

The defendants named in the summons and complaint are Ebenezer Methodist Church and the executors of R. C. Chavis, deceased. The executors were served with process, but it appears that the church was not, unless, as claimed by…