The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1906-09-21
IMPORTANT SUIT
Began by Ohio County to Can
, eel Bogus Note.
DR.. A. B. Baird and Others are
Defendants--Era and
Gown Charged.

OIlt VI lllt lilOol liiiRpi
ever filed in the Ohio Circuit Court
was entered last Tuesday afternoon.
The plaintiff in the action is Ohio
county. the defendants being DR..
A. b. Bard, f. ID. Guffy and others.
The Suit is for the purpose of can
ceiling a note which Baird holds
against Ohio county. The petition
states that at the January term 1894
of the Fiscal Court Judge John F..
Morton and Esq. &. w. Martin were
appointed as commissioners TO effect
a settlement with said Baird. who the
.county then owed, and to execute a
note on behalf of the county TO
Baird for the amount the county
was found to be owing him. Con-
tinuing it states that said commits
sioners, Baird and Guffy, his agent,
had a settlement and found the
county to be owing Baird $5,5SO.S5
and thereupon Judge John 7. Nor
ton and Esq. Martin executed the
County's note for the amount and
delivered same To Baird.
The petition further says: That,
thereafter the defendants, Baird and
Gulfy. did on the 10 day of January,
1894. fraudulently. unlawful lily and
wrongfully represent to Judge
John p. Morton and Esq. George
Martin the.Commissiorers, aforesaid.
that the writing above described
was irregular and did not conform
to the commercial usage or require
ments and that by reason thereof
they were unable to discount the
same and the said defendants, Baird
and Guffy. fraudulently, wrongfully
and unlawfully procured Judge John
p. Morton and Esq George Martin
to execute another note payable to
DR.. A. b. Baird. or payable to John
II. Barnes, the one or the other, and
the plaintiff does not know which,
but the defendants do know, and if
payable to Barnes it was done at the
request of the defendant, Baird, in
order that Barnes might discount
the same and the proceeds of
said note were paid direct to Baird
for the purposes set out, which
note was for the sum Of $5,-
5S0.S5, and which note or writing
was executed in lieu of the writing
first executed by said Morton and
Martin and was executed for the
purpose of paying all the debts ow-
ing by Ohio county to the defendant
Baird, and that the express under
standing and agreement between
the defendant, Baird and the said
Morton and Martin was that the note
or writing first executed should be
; surrendered to them, cancelled and
held for naught. but the said writ
ing or note was not in fact delivered
to the said Morton or Martin nor
cancelled nor destroyed and is now
in the possession of the defendants,
Baird. Guffy and Anderson.
Plaintiff states that the note or
writing last executed by the Com
missioners Morton and Martin and
referred to above has long since
been paid and that it embraced all
the Indebtedness and was executed
and accepted Baird. by in full settle
ment of all claims against Ohio
county.
Plaintiff states that the defendants
Baird, Guffy and Anderson acting
jointly, the one with the other have
wrongfully, fraudulent and unlaw-
fully conspired the one with the
other, to collect this amount from
plaintiff. which is specified in the
writing and executed by Judge John
p. Morton and Esq. George Martin
and now have in their possession the
said writing, which was fraudulently
retained by them that said writ
ing, first executed and now in their
joint possession was obtained by
fraud, GOWN and Misrepresentation
as herein set out and was and is
without any consideration whatever.
The petition closes with prayer
for cancellation of the note held by