Sublett v. Sublett

Appellee recovered judgment in the court below upon the contract upon which the suit was based. This contract provided for a payment to appellee’s wife of the .sum of $500.00, the same being the consideration for her deed to appellant to a tract of land which she owned. The existence of the debt to appellee’s wife was not denied but appellant questioned appellee’s ownership of this debt and his right to maintain this suit for. its collection. It is also argued in the brief that the suit was prematurely brought, as the debt had not matured at the time of the institution of the suit. In the…