Withrow v. Wiley

This was an action of debt brought by Wiley against Adoniram J. Withrow and Augustus Garrison. Judgment for the plaintiff. The suit was founded on a promissory note which the declaration alleged had been executed by the defendants on the 4th of September, 1849. The note is as follows:

“ September 4, 1849. Pour months after date, we promise to pay John H. Wiley or order, for value received, the sum of 228 dollars and 45 cents, without any relief whatever from valuation or appraisement laws. A. J. Withrow, Augustus Garrison."

The defendants pleaded four pleas in bar.

1. Nil debet.

2. That the note…