Ward v. Walton

Ward sued Walton before a justice of the peace, on a promissory note for the payment of 25 dollars. The note was dated June 29, 1847, and payable to Wolf and Shaio, two years after the 1st of January, 1848, and by them, on the 2d of January, 1850, assigned to the plaintiff.

The defendant before the justice filed six special pleas. The first, second, third and sixth pleas will not be noticed, as they present no point in the case.

The fourth plea states that the defendant had paid the note to Wolf and Shaw before notice of the assignment, *76by selling and delivering to them certain plank lumber,…