42 Tenn. 325 | Tenn. | 1865
delivered the opinion of the Court.
On the 20th day of April, 1860, George H. War-field brought suit, in the Circuit Court of Montgomery, against E. W. Johnson, John P. House, and J. 0. Shackelford, to recover a debt of one thousand and fifty-one dollars and fifty cents, and two hundred dollars damages, as stated in the writ.
The cause of action is thus stated in the declaration: “ The plaintiff sues the defendant on a note, executed by said E. W. Johnson and John F. House, and here to the Court shown, on the 16th of December, 1858, at Clarksville, for the sum of one thousand and fifty-one dollars and fifty cents, payable at the Planters’ Bank of Tennessee, in favor of J. 0. Shackelford; by him endorsed to plaintiff; and the same note, not being paid at maturity, was duly protested — of all of which the defendants had notice. The note, with charges and interest thereon, remains unpaid.” At the January Term, 1861, the following proceedings were had in the cause, as shown by the record: “This day came the parties, by their attorneys, and the defendants withdrew their pleas by them impleaded, and admit they owe five hundred and thirty-one dollars and eighty cents, debt, to the plaintiff, and twenty-five dollars and ninety-seven cents interest thereon,. to this date. Whereupon, it is considered by the Court, that the plaintiff recover of the defendants, five hundred and fiftv-seven dollars and forty-five cents. debt, and interest so admitted, as aforesaid; as also the costs in
The judgment of the Circuit Court is affirmed.