Columbia v. Amos

Suit, commenced before a. justice of the peace, and appealed to the Circuit Court, upon a due-bill for 30 dollars of canal money. Judgment below for the plaintiff for the amount of the due-bill, with interest from the commencement of the suit.

The plaintiff in error makes three objections to the judgment.

1. He says the due-bill was given for a sick stallion; that it was the agreement, at the time the due-bill was executed, that it should not be paid unless the stallion got well; and that the stallion did not get well.

These facts, if admitted, could not be set up as a defence, *185because they…