Jones v. Smith

STEPHENS, Associate Justice.

Quoting from appellant’s brief, “this was an action by appellee Smith against the appellant Jones, seeking judgment upon four notes aggregating about $1000, and to foreclose a pledge of $1000 of the capital stock of the Commercial Publishing Company, of Memphis, Tenn. The trial, on November 19, 1898, resulted in a judgment in favor of the appellee for $1085.64, and foreclosing the pledge as to three of the notes.”

These notes were all given for money borrowed of Smith by Jones to enable the latter to purchase certain interests in a mining lease on Beacon Hill,…