Black v. Crouch

Opinion on the Court.

THIS was an action of assumpsit, brought in the. names of Black and Crozier, for the use of Wickliffe and others, against Crouch, for goods sold and delivered.

Crouch pleaded the general issue, and for further plea he alleged, “ that he holds a note on the plaintiffs, executed by them to a certain John Smack, on the 11th day of J une 1819, and payable the March next after the date of said note, for $176- 90, and assigned to the defendant by said Smack, for a valuable consideration, on the 2d day of June 1820, and here to the court shown, which he pleáds as a discount and…