Case Name: Hull v. Conover's Executors
Court: Supreme Court of Indiana
Jurisdiction: Indiana
Decision Date: 1871-05
Citations: 35 Ind. 372
Docket Number: 
Parties: Hull v. Conover’s Executors.
Judges: 
Reporter: Indiana Reports
Volume: 35
Pages: 372–373

Head Matter:
Hull v. Conover’s Executors.
Pleading.—Cause of Action.—A. sued B. before a justice of the peace upon a promissory note made'by lb, payable to the order of C. There was no indorseiiifent of the'note'by C. to A.
Held) that the filing of the note as the only cause of action was insufficient, and that the case was not one of a mere defect of parties.
APPEAL from the Fountain Circuit Court.

Opinion:
Downey, C. J.
This suit was commenced by William Conover against the appellant, before a justice of the peace, where there was' judgment for the defendant. The plaintiff appealed to the circuit court, where the death of William Conover was suggested, and his executors made parties plaintiffs in his stead. There Was judgment in the circuit court for the plaintiffs, from which the defendant appealed to this court.
The first point presented to us is, that the cause of action is insufficient. It consists of the following note:
T. F. Davidson, for appellant.
TI. H. Stillwell, S. E Wood, J. E. McDonald, f. M. Butler, and E. M. McDonald, for appellees.
"$150.00 Covington, June 15th, 1868.
" Eighteen months after date, I promise to pay to the order of Hiram Abdill one hundred and fifty dollars; value received, without any relief from valuation or appraisement laws. Interest from date, six per cent.
Daniel Hull."
There is no indorsement of the note by Abdill to William Conover, or to the appellees, and there is, therefore, nothing to show any right in him or them to maintain the action. See Bell v. Trotter, 4 Blackf. 12; Vandagrift v. Tate, id. 174; Hamilton v. Ewing, 6 Blackf. 88; McDonald's Treat. 68, 69. This is not a mere defect of parties.
. The judgment is reversed, with costs, and the cause remanded.
Petition for a rehearing overruled.