Cochran v. Jones

Simmons, Justice.

Cochran sued Jones on two promissory notes. Jones filed a plea of the'general issue. Also a plea that the consideration of the notes sued on was a certain separating thrashing-machine, which defendant was induced to purchase, and to sign said notes, by the false and fraudulent representations of the plaintiff; that plaintiff represented that the machine was a good one and reasonably suited for thrashing wheat, and that all it needed was some bolts and babbit metal run in the boxes, and that the machine was in every way-first-class and did first-class work, when in fact it was…