Wright v. Hughes

Suit by the appellee against the appellants on a note for 800 dollars. Trial; verdict and judgment for the plaintiff, over a motion, by defendants, for a new trial.

Two points, only, are made by counsel for appellants, for the reversal of the judgment, viz.:

*110First. That the consideration of the note was illegal; and.

Second. That the verdict was insufficient to warrant the judgment.

It appears by the evidence, that the appellant, William L. Brown, was the treasurer of the Logcmsport Insurance Company, and the principal manager of its affairs. He had drawn sundry orders upon the company for one,…