Thackaberry v. Johnson

Appellee filed a bill in chancery in the Circuit Court to foreclose two trust deeds, and all of the disputes here involved arise from transactions occurring at a time when the appellant, Milton L. Thackaberry, was the legal adviser of the appellee and the relation of attorney and client subsisted between them.

On December 2, 1896, Milton L. Thackaberry made his promissory note of that date for the sum of $5,000, payable three years after date, to his own order and by bbn indorsed in blank, with interest at seven per cent, per annum, payable half yearly, and delivered the same so indorsed to…