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Potosi Journal
Potosi, Washington County, Missouri
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Allwort S. Cook filed suit in Missouri circuit court against E. G. Lewis, president of the People's United States Bank, seeking $425 plus interest as the remaining balance on a $1,000 promissory note issued in 1902, which Cook endorsed and later paid after Lewis defaulted, receiving partial repayments in 1904 and 1905.
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E. G. Lewis Sued on Note.
Suit was filed in the circuit court by Allwort S. Cook against E. G. Lewis, president of the People's United States bank, for $425, alleged balance due on a promissory note for $1,000, and interest. Cook states that Lewis gave the note to the United States bank of Hartford, Conn., May 3, 1902, for three months, and that the petitioner indorsed it as a matter of accommodation. Lewis is alleged to have failed to pay the note when it was due, and Cook says he was compelled to take it up. He says Lewis paid him $400 in November, 1904 and $200 on July 22, 1905.
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suit filed for $425 balance plus interest on $1,000 note; partial payments of $400 in november 1904 and $200 on july 22, 1905
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Suit filed in circuit court by Allwort S. Cook against E. G. Lewis for balance due on promissory note. Lewis issued $1,000 note to United States Bank of Hartford, Conn., on May 3, 1902, for three months. Cook endorsed it as accommodation. Lewis failed to pay at maturity; Cook took it up and received partial payments from Lewis.