Haas v. Flint

This was an action of debt brought by Haas, as assignee of a promissory note, before a justice of the peace against Flint, one of the makers of the note. Plea, nil debet, with leave to give the special matter in evidence. The justice gave judgment for the defendant, and the plaintiff appealed. The cause was submitted to the Circuit Court, and the defendant, on the 26th of March, 1844, obtained judgment.

The note sued on was as follows: “ Madison, February 7, 1841. One hundred and eighty days after date, we or either of us promise to pay The Madison Insurance Company, at their office, one…