Smith v. . McIlwaine

The defendant made a note for $400, payable to one —, who assigned it for value to H. B. Williams. After the assignment, Williams was declared a bankrupt, and his assignee transferred the note to the plaintiff, for value. The defendant, after the assignment to the plaintiff, was also adjudicated a bankrupt, and has been regularly discharged.

The plaintiff, examined as a witness, testified, that after defendant had been declared a bankrupt, he met him in Charlotte, and informed of his having purchased the note, which he exhibited to defendant at the time; and that the defendant, remarking it…