Webb v. Corbin

The appellant, as endorsee before maturity, sued the appellee, as maker, of a promissory note made negotiable by the law merchant.

The appellee filed an answér in two paragraphs, which the court held good upon demurrer for want of facts. The second paragraph, however, was withdrawn from the consideration of the jury by the charge of the court, leaving for our consideration the first only. Its averments are substantially as follows :

That, near the date of the note sued on, two strangers came to the house of the defendant, pretending to be agents for the “Western Medical Works,” of Indianapolis,…