McCrary v. Woodard

The plaintiff sued Gano upon five promissory notes of different amounts, aggregating $744, each dated November 12, 1896, and bearing interest at 8^é> per annum from maturity, falling due on the 15th day November of each year, beginning in 1897. There was a stipulation that if any of the notes was not paid at maturity all of them should become due. The suit was filed May 11, 1901. The defendant filed a plea that he received in money $450 and also a horse and buggy of the agreed value of $150; that therefore the total consideration of all the notes was only $600, and that $144 was interest;…