Sammons v. Hawvers

Johnson, President:

This is a writ of error to a judgment of the circuit court of Greenbrier county. The plaintiffs brought their action of debt on a bond signed by defendants for $980.00. The defendants pleaded payment and usury, to which plea the plaintiffs replied generally. There was a verdict and judgment for the full amount of the bond and interest.

The plaintiffs first stated their case to the jury and the defendants stated their case, and when the plaintiffs began to read their bond to the jury the defendants’ attorney claimed the right to open and conclude the case, but the court…