Mississippi Supreme Court, 1884

Carradine v. Wilson

Carradine v. Wilson
Mississippi Supreme Court · Decided April 15, 1884 · Cooper
61 Miss. 573

Counsel

C. V. Gwin, for the appellant., Hooker & Wilson, for the appellee.

Carradine v. Wilson

Opinion of the Court

Cooper, J.,

delivered the opinion of the court.

Each of the notes executed by the appellants was for a sum greater than the amount due for liquors. The holder could therefore apply all the unlawful considerations to one of them and recover on the other. Zundt v. Roberts, 5 Serg. & Rawle 139 ; Warren v. Chapman, 105 Mass. 87; Crookshank v. Rose, 5 C. & P. 19. Cited and approved in Cotten v. McKenzie, 57 Miss. 418. The moi’tgage was given to secure each of the notes and may be enforced for the payment of that note on which a recovery could be had at law.

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