Palmer v. Egbert

Palmer, the assignee of a note, brought suit against Egbert, and recovered. Egbert appealed to the Circuit Court. On the trial in that Court, a jury was waived, and there was a finding for the defendant. Motion for a new trial overruled, and judgment on the finding. The evidence is all set out in a bill of exceptions.

The assigned note was the only evidence for the plaintiff. On the.part of the defence, it appeared that Chapin, the payee of the note, was the agent of Palmer to rent certain property in South Bend; that Egbert had occupied the property; that the consideration of the note was…