Whitaker v. Arnold

It appears from the record that M. A. Arnold made and delivered to P. H. Whitaker a promissory note for one thousand pounds of middling lint-cotton, payable on a. day named. Subsequently the payee died, and J. J. Whitaker, as administrator upon his estate, brought against Arnold in a justice’s court an action upon this note. The defendant filed an answer in which he admitted the execution of the instrument sued on, and that the plaintiff was the legal holder and owner of the same. The case was tried on appeal before a jury, who returned a verdict in favor of the plaintiff. The defendant then…