Markel v. Evans

This was an action by the appellees against the appellant on the indorsements of two certain promissory notes executed by Samuel A. Lattimore and William H. Larabee to the appellant, and by him indorsed to the appellees. The notes were secured by a mortgage executed by the makers, or one of them, to the payee, and they were indorsed after their maturity, on the 29th day of April, 1862. In the first complaint, it is alleged that the plaintiffs, in an action commenced on the 5th day of May, 1862, recovered judgment against the makers of the notes for the amount due thereon in the Putnam Common…