Legal Opinion
Prather v. Ross
Indiana Supreme Court
Decided December 13, 1861PublishedCited by 19 opinions
APPEAL from the Jennings Circuit Court.
1Opinion of the CourtDavison, J.
This was an action by Ross, who was the plaintiff, against Prather and Tripp, upon a promissory note lor the payment of $950. The note was given by the defendants to one George W. Ooehran, who assigned it to the plaintiff. Defendants answered by two paragraphs: 1. Prather is the principal debtor, and Tripp executed the note as surety; that before it was assigned by Cochran, and before the defendants had notice of such assignment, he, Cochran, was indebted to Prather $850, by a written contract, in these words:
“Vernon, October 15, 1853.
“I, G. W. Cochran, Land Agent of the Ohio <& Mississippi…
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