Vandelinder

Appeal is taken from a judgment in favor of the plaintiff for the principal sum of $750, the alleged debt being one represented by the promissory note of defendant Andrew J. Roberts, which note was indorsed by the second defendant to the plaintiff. It is alleged in the complaint that the plaintiff and H. L. Hutchinson, in August, 1913, were the owners of an option to purchase certain real property, and that this option was sold and transferred to defendant P. M. Roberts in consideration of the transfer to the plaintiff of the promissory note first mentioned. The defendants set up several defenses, the substance of which is that an arrangement was consummated between plaintiff Vandelinder and F. M. Roberts for the formation of a copartnership to handle the property described in the option agreement, and that the parties mentioned were to form a corporation for the disposal of the property and that a newspaper published by defendant F. M. Roberts was to advertise the land among the negro population. Further, that as a part of the consideration Hutchinson and Vandelinder were to pay debts of F. M. Roberts then existing against his newspaper plant in the sum of $750, which they did…