Gardner v. Matthews

The petition alleges that defendants were partners in the business of lending money; that prior to August 28,1874, one Bartlett applied to defendants for a loan on certain lands in and near Poplar Bluff, Missouri; that defendants then represented to plaintiff that they were satisfied that the property was security for the loan ; that Bartlett wanted some money at once ; that defendants could not then go to Poplar Bluff to supervise the satisfaction of some liens against the property; that defendants then agreed with plaintiff, for a valuable consideration, that, if plaintiff would indorse a…