Appellate Court of Illinois December 15, 1877 (McCoy v. Babcock)

Pillsbury, J.

This suit was commenced before a justice of the peace of Warren county, upon the following promissory note:

“ $200. Denny, 111., Feb. 19,1876.

“ On or before the first day of March, A. D. 1877, for value received, we, or either of us-, promise to pay Almon Beecher the sum of two hundred dollars.

“This note given to secure the rent on 80 acres of land belonging to above-named party.