Reid v. Cox

Debt oil a promissory note by Cox against Reid. The declaration avers that on the fifth day of June, 1839, the defendant (with others) made his note in writing, by which he promised to pay to the plaintiff^ one day thereafter, the sum of 653 dollars, &c. The defendant pleaded, 1. Nil debet; 2. That he executed said note as surety for Moffitt fy Co., they being principals, and that on the tenth day of December, 1838, he notified the plaintiff in writing to sue, &c., but that plaintiff neglected and refused to do so; 3. The same substantially as the second plea. Replications to the second and…