Thaxton v. Whitesides

Appellee, alleging himself the holder in due course of two notes, executed foy G. C. and L. C. Thaxton, sued them thereon. Appellants pleaded misjoinder of parties ⅛ that the notes were executed by them to the order of Mrs. Bennie Williams, who had indorsed one of the notes to appellee as collateral security for the debt to appellee of her deceased husband, J. 0. Williams, administration on whose estate was then pending. Mrs. Williams, who was not sued, had leased a pasture of some two hundred acres from appel-lee. The pasture was a part of a larger tract all under one fence. She in turn…