Jones v. Hawkins

Hawkins filed a complaint against Jones in *551three paragraphs. The first alleged that on December 11, 1857, the defendant, William O. Jones, executed a written promise to pay Ilenry Simpson, annually, the interest on one thousand dollars ; and that Simpson assigned the promise to the plaintiff, Hawkins. This paragraph did not make the writing, or a copy of it, a part thereof by words in the formal part of the paragraph; but, at the dose of the complaint, a copy of a writing, such as described in the paragraph, was given, preceded by an explanatory remark, referring back to the paragraph as…