Judd v. Martin

Black, C.

The appellee sued the appellants, Judd and Williams, upon their three joint promissory notes payable in a bank in this State to the order of the appellee. Williams was defaulted. Judd answered in three paragraphs: First. Non est factum, under oath. Second. The general denial. Third. Want of consideration. To the third paragraph the plaintiff replied by a general denial. There was a trial by jury and *174the verdict was in favor of the plaintiff. Judd moved for a new trial, assigning as causes, first, that the verdict was not sustained by sufficient evidence and was contrary to law;…