Brooks v. Martin

This was an action of debt, by summons and complaint, commenced in the circuit court of Dale county,, in this State, on the 22d day of January, 1867, by the appellant, Brooks, as' plaintiff, against Martin, the appellee, as defendant, and founded on the following promissory note, viz : “ $150 00. By the twenty-fifth of December next, I promise to pay Martha Goff, or bearer, the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars in gold, or its equivalent. This, the 25th December, 1865.”

(Signed,) B. B. Martin.”

On the trial, it was shown that Mrs. Goff was the widow of Warren Goff, deceased, and that said…