Goodnight v. Goar

The appellant and George W. Collier and Levin Cambridge sued the appellees, Eli J. and Benjamin F. Goar, upon the following contract:

“ Jefferson Township, Tipton county, Indiana.

“We, the undersigned, citizens of said township, agree and bind ourselves in case either of us is drafted into the service of the United States, to pay our proportionable amount to hire substitutes to fill our places; and this we agree, not only for the present impending draft, but for all other calls that may be made during the present rebellion, unless a majority shall agree to abandon the above arrangement.

Given.und…