Hamilton v. Newcastle & Danville Railroad

Suit upon a promissory note. The complaint is, “that on the 4th day of February, 1856, the defendant (The Newcastle cmd Dmville Railroad Compcmy), by William Twining, president of said company, who was then and there authorized and empowered by said company so to do, executed her promissory note, and delivered the same to one E. W. Patterson, by which the defendant promised to pay him, or order, the sum of four thousand dollars, according to the tenor and effect of said note.” The complaint then alleges the assignment of the note to the plaintiff, its non-payment, and demands judgment for the…