19 Mo. 307 | Mo. | 1854
delivered the opinion of the court.
Barry county filed a petition against the defendants, alleging that they made their promissory note, by which they promised, for value received, to pay to plaintiff the sum of seventy-three dollars and fifty cents, twelve months after date, which amount, with the interest, remained unpaid. The defendants demurred to the petition, and the demurrer was sustained, and judgment for the defendants.
Although there may be no statute directing the execution of a note in the form here used, for the indebtedness it was designed to secure, yet it is good on its face, as it imports a consideration. The demurrer should have been overruled, and therefore the judgment is reversed, and the cause remanded.