Johnson v. Brashear

The plaintiff seeks to recover the amount of a draft, or bill of exchange, dated 17th of February, 1841, drawn by him to his own order, at Lexington, upon the defendant, for the sum of $5319, and accepted by the latter.

The defence is, that no consideration was ever received for the draft; and interrogatories having been propounded by the defendant to the plaintiff for the purpose of showing the alleged want of consideration, they were answered in substance as follows : 1st. *478That the consideration of the bill sued on was a debt due to the heirs of Robert R. Barr, deceased, by the defendant,…