was appointed administrator de bonis non
with the will of annexed of said Duty in the state
of MississippiMississippi, he delivered the said last mentioned
notes in the hands of said AndersonAnderson as adminis
trator, said that he is not informed whether An
derson has sued upon any of them or not-
but presumes he has not, for the reasons before
stated of as to the insolvency of the makers
thereof - This defendant utterly denies that
he has been guilty of any negligence in
respect to the collection of any said
notes due by residents in the State of Missis
sippi, but says that he has used all
the diligence which he was bound to use-
and that nothing could have been made
out of said claims by any efforts or
legal process since the death of said Duty-
to the best of his knowledge and belief-