Gardner v. Maxey

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delivered the opinion of the Courl.

In this action of debt, brought by Maxey on a note ,for $200, executed by Gardner to Sturgeon, and assigned to the plaintiff, the defendant pleaded three pleas, which were adjudged bad on demurrer. The defendant having failed to plead further, a judgment was ren■dered against him, and the case comes before this Court upon the single question of the sufficiency of the pleas. ■Each of them presents substantially the following facts, •viz: That the said Sturgeon was about to prosecute the defendant on a charge of felony, for having…