Tate v. Rouse

This suit was brought in the Circuit Court of George County by Mrs. R! Duncan Tate, doing business as the Tate Memorial Company, appellant, against W. A. Rouse, doing business as Lucedale Memorial Company. It was based on two promissory notes admittedly executed by Rouse to plaintiff as payee, in the principal amounts, *547respectively, of $2,175.80 and $548.00. Defendant admitted their execution, hut pleaded payment, and alteration of the instruments by filling in blank spaces for interest. The jury returned a verdict for plaintiff of $869.15, and from the judgment thereon Mrs. Tate has appealed.