Mitchell v. Allen

Maltbie, Judge.

This suit was filed by appellant, J. M. Mitchell, against appellee, W. M. Allen, in the district court of Eastland county, to recover five hundred dollars and interest, alleging that Allen executed two notes to Mitchell for borrowed money, one for two, and the other for three hundred dollars, and that Allen afterwards obtained possession of said notes by fraud, and refused to return or pay them off.

Appellee answered by a general denial and by plea in reconvention, admitting that he had borrowed the money, or part of it, and executed his notes as charged; further alleging that…