Merriam v. Miles

Irvine, C.

Andrew Miles and James W. Yinton, executors of the will of John L. Miles, deceased, and James Thompson brought this action against Nathan Merriam, Charles T. Brown, Patrick Egan, and H. J. Cosgrove to recover on eight promissory notes for $1,000 each, executed by the defendants to William M. Clark and transferred to John L. Miles and James Thompson. Of the defendants, Merriam alone was served with process. As a defense he pleaded that the notes were made to Clark in part payment for a tract of land purchased jointly by the makers, and were secured by mortgage on the land purchased,…