Phillips v. . Giles

The action, instituted apparently in 1917, was to recover the sum of $283.95, for money loaned by plaintiffs to defendant's intestate.

There was allegation with evidence on part of plaintiff tending to show that, in the years 1905-1908, and 1910, plaintiff loaned to intestate, who was her mother, different sums aggregating the amount in question, and in the fall of 1916, not long before intestate's death, she executed a paper-writing, acknowledging said indebtedness in terms as follows:

"Sept. 18, 1916: This is to certify that I, Mary J. Richmond, owe my daughter, Bettie M. Phillips, $283.95…