Allin v. Williams

In February, 1888, ten individuals, including the plaintiff and the defendant herein, borrowed upon their individual credit the sum of ten thousand dollars, for the use and benefit of- the Pasadena Lake Vineyard, Land, and Water Company, a corporation in which they were interested (five thousand dollars thereof from the San Gabriel Valley Bank, and five thousand dollars from a Mrs. Banta), for which they gave their joint and several notes. About a month afterwards, the corporation paid to the defendant a sufficient sum of money therefor, for the purpose of taking up the notes and repaying the…