Rutledge's Adm'r v. Townsend, Crane & Co.
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Chambers. Tried before the Hon. Robert Dougherty. This action was brought by the appellees, against the ¡administrator of Charles Rutledge, deceased, and was founded on three promissory notes, which were executed - ■by said Rutledge, jointly with John M. Milner and Martin W. Smith, dated February 5, 1855, and payable to the order of the plaintiffs; one for 12558 '79, payable on the 1st May next after date; another, for $2768 77, payable on…
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Chambers. Tried before the Hon. Robert Dougherty. This action was brought by the appellees, against the ¡administrator of Charles Rutledge, deceased, and was founded on three promissory notes, which were executed - ■by said Rutledge, jointly with John M. Milner and Martin W. Smith, dated February 5, 1855, and payable to the order of the plaintiffs; one for 12558 '79, payable on the 1st May next after date; another, for $2768 77, payable on the 1st January next after date; and the third, for $1050 47, payable on the 1st March, 1856, On the trial, as the bill of…
1Opinion of the CourtA. J. Walker, C. J.
The evidence in this case conduced to show, that Rutledge, the appellant’s intestate, joined in the execution of three promissory notes, to be delivered as collateral security for pre-existing debts, for *712which he was in no wise liable; and that those notes were made payable to the creditors whose debts they were designed to secure. It seems, also, from the evidence, that the notes given as collateral security were signed by two others, one of whom was liable upon all the debts intended to be secured, and the other liable upon a part of them ; and the evidence conduced to show, that there was…
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