Martin v. Black's Ex'rs
Supreme Court of Alabama
Error to tbe Circuit Court of Lowndes. ..Tried before tbe Hon. E. Pickens. This was an action of assumpsit, brought by tbe plaintiff, to recover tbe amount of a note given to tbe plaintiff by William W. Black, for .sixty-seven dollars and tbirty-tbree cents,_ wbicb tbe plaintiff alleged that tbe defendant, Margaret Black, promised to pay.
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Error to tbe Circuit Court of Lowndes. ..Tried before tbe Hon. E. Pickens. This was an action of assumpsit, brought by tbe plaintiff, to recover tbe amount of a note given to tbe plaintiff by William W. Black, for .sixty-seven dollars and tbirty-tbree cents,_ wbicb tbe plaintiff alleged that tbe defendant, Margaret Black, promised to pay. Upon tbe trial, a bill of exceptions was taken, wbicb shows that William W. Black, tbe maker of the note, died, and one Harris was appointed bis administrator, on tbe 1st of October, 1847, and on the 18th of-the same month, tbe defendant, who was tbe mother…
1Opinion of the Court
DAEG-AN, C. J1
This was assumpsit brought by the plaintiff against the defendants, to recover of them the amount of a note executed by "William W. Black to the plaintiff, which the defendants’ testatrix promised to pay. The facts on which the plaintiff relies to charge the. defendants are these: William W. Black died in Lowndes county, and letters of administration were granted to one Harris on the first of October, 1847. About the 18th of October of the same year, the defendant’s testatrix promised in writing that, if the plaintiff would not proceed to subject the property of the estate to…
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