Sutton v. . Davis

Plaintiff claimed and testified that in June, 1904, he sold to defendant a house and lot in Waxhaw, N.C. for $500, and defendant executed and delivered to plaintiff his sealed note for the purchase-price, as follows:

$500. WAXHAW, N.C. 27 July, 1904.

On or before 1 January, 1905, I promise to pay to the order of F. M. Sutton the sum of five hundred dollars, with interest at 6 per cent, from date. This note given for purchase-money for town lot and storehouse in Waxhaw, N.C.

Witness my hand and seal. D. S. DAVIS. (SEAL.)

That plaintiff had executed a deed for said lot to defendant under…