Cole v. McMickle

The record in this case presents the following state of facts: — On the 3d of July, 1866, William Carson, since deceased, executed to Cole, the appellant, two promissory notes for six hundred dollars each; one payable on the 20th of March, 1867, and the other on the 20th of March, 1868; and, to secure the payment thereof, Carson and his wife, on the 7th of July, 1866, executed to Cole a mortgage on a tract of land in Harrison county. On the 1st day of April, 1867, Carson died at said county, intestate, leaving personal estate to an amount exceeding twelve hundred dollars, to be administered;…