McAlister v. Howell

Action by the appellee against the appellant. The complaint was in two paragraphs, which were much alike, on the following instrument executed by the defendant to the plaintiff, viz.:

“ Know all men by these presents, that I, Lewis McAlister, of Tipton county, Indiana, am held and firmly bound to Thomas Howell in the penal sum of five hundred dollars, for the payment of which well and truly to be made and done I bind myself firmly by these presents, sealed with my seal and dated this 3d day of May, 1870. The condition of the above obligation is such that, whereas the said Thomas Howell has…