Hillis v. Comer & Co.

The plaintiff in error purchased 48 tons of fertilizer and gave his note for $1,080 therefor. When he was sued on the note he filed a plea that the sacks containing the guano did not have attached to them the tags sent out upon application by the Department of Agriculture. He did not defend upon the ground that no inspection of the fertilizer had been made, or that the guaranteed analysis of the ingredients had not been stamped on the sacks as required by law, or that the fertilizer sold did not come up to and correspond with the guaranteed analysis, nor did he plead that the manufacturers or…