Port Huron Engine & Thresher Co. v. Bloom

Plaintiff brought this action in assumpsit in the circuit court of Shiawassee county on two promissory notes given it by defendants, dated February 12, 1909, one for $100, due December 15, 1911, and the other for $110, due March 15, 1912. It was agreed between counsel at the time of the trial that *181these notes amounted, with interest, to' $274.81. Defendants pleaded the general issue, giving notice thereunder of matters of special defense, to the effect that the notes had been fully paid on July 6, 1909, at which time defendants traded back an engine, for a portion of the purchase price of…