Peacock v. Albin

This was an action brought by the appellants, before a justice of the peace on a promissory note, executed by the defendant below, and appellee here, on the 1st day of July, 1856, payable to Samuel H. Keen, who was then in full life, which note was afterward, on the 22d day of April, 1866, assigned by Robert Leffler, executor of' the last will and testament of said Keen, deceased, to Ella Keen (now Peacock), one of the appellants, and sole legatee under the said will, which assignment was made in pursuance of an order of the court of common pleas of Harrison county, under the provisions of…