Burton v. Harris

The complaint in this case was in three paragraphs.

The first paragraph alleged that, on the 11th day of August, 1870, the plaintiffs, James E. Burton, Etilman J. Stark •and Andrew J. McNeely executed their promissory note to one William McNeely, for the sum of $500, payable five years and three months after date, with interest to be paid annually; that afterwards McNeely, the payee, endorsed the note to one William M. Simpson, who, by his endorsement thereon, assigned $400 of such note, with interest, to one Henry C. Harris; that afterwards the said Simpson, by a like endorsement, assigned…