Cones v. Ryman

Ryman, the appellee, who is the assignee of one Joseph Speer, was the plaintiff, and Robert Cones, the defendant. The complaint states that Speer, on the 10th of December, 1851, advanced the defendant 365 dollars, to-be paid out to sundry persons for the said Speer; that of this sum the defendant did pay out 253 dollars and 60 cents, leaving in his hands 111 dollars and 40 cents of the money so advanced for the use of Speer, who, on the 1st of January, 1855, demanded the last-named sum of the defendant, but he refused payment; that Speer afterwards, &c., sold and transferred his claim, as…