Tennessee Supreme Court September 15, 1881 (McBee v. Bearden)

Cooper, J.,

delivered the opinion of the court.

On April 6, 1863, H. M. Bearden, as principal,, and Jno. Williams, as his surety, executed their promissory note to John W. Morgan, at one day, for $1,200. In September, 1863, H. M. Bearden, for love and affection, conveyed his interest, being an undivided fourth, in a small tract of land near Knoxville, to-Elizabeth T.