Benson v. B. H. Morgan & Co.

This was an action of assumpsit brought by defendants in error against plaintiff in error upon a promissory note executed by plaintiff in error on the 7th day of May, 1884, for the sum of §1,961.71, payable to the order of the ^defendants in error one year after the date thereof, with interest at six per cent. Plaintiff in error pleaded the general issue and special pleas, alleging that the consideration of the note sued on was void, being balances and differences on alleged sales of grain and other merchandise on the Board of Trade in Chicago, Hew York and St. Louis, and that flie…