Stoner v. Ellis

Stoner, as'assignee of Gasper son, brought an action against Ellis, before a justice of the peace, on a note for 50 dollars. Ellis filed certain pleas before the justice, impeaching the consideration of the note. There was a trial before the justice, and judgment for the defendant, from which the plaintiff'.appealed to the Circuit Court, where the cause was tried with the same result. Before proceeding to trial in the Circuit Court, the plaintiff moved *153to set aside the defendant’s pleas. The motion was overruled, and the plaintiff excepted. As the matters of defence indicated by the pleas…