Dorn v. Parsons

The plaintiffs presented to the Probate Court of Newton county a demand against the estate of Baldwin Parsons, deceased, for allowance. That court refused to allow the claim, and the plaintiffs appealed to the Circuit Court. The demand referred to was a note, which reads as follows:

“ One day after date, I promise to pay N. A. Birkey, forty-four dollars and seventy cents, with interest at ten per cent, for value received, this 27th Dec. 1860.

“ Signed, Baldwin Paesons.”

On the trial of the case, the plaintiffs offered evidence tending to show that Baldwin Parsons had executed the rióte; but gave…