To Lewis M. Hays1Jump to section
Mr. L. M. Hays, Sept. 8, 1853.
Dear Sir: Court is in session here now, and on yesterday I got a judgment against G. W. Turley2Jump to section for $116,90 cents. The reason the amount was no larger was that the defendant proved by two witnesses---a Wm. Dodd, and a Dr. Mershow3Jump to section---that T. P. Taylor, in his lifetime, told them that Turley, in 1837, had offered to pay him the money on the note, and that he refused to take it, saying he never intended to collect it, and would give up, or destroy, the