Searles v. Reed

The plaintiff in this case declared upon all ■matters provable under the common counts in assumpsit, and for goods sold and delivered, and specially upon a promissory note given by the defendant to the plaintiff for $50, with interest, dated September 7, 1885, and due in ninety days from •date.

Defendant pleaded the general issue, and gave notice that • the goods sold, mentioned in the declaration, were sold under -a special contract, whereby the plaintiff, in consideration of •the purchase of the goods, agreed to let the defendant have *486the use of an engine to propel a machine for threshing…