Lenzen v. Miller

Ragan, C.

This is a rehearing of Lenzen v. Miller, 51 Neb. 855. Of the arguments relied on here for reversing the judgment of the district court, we shall notice only two, — that the verdict is not sustained by sufficient .evidence, and the *138amount awarded by the jury to the plaintiff below is excessive.

1. This suit was brought by Miller against Lenzen to recover on three promissory notes bearing date January 17,1876. The defense of Lenzen, so far as material here, was the statute of limitations. Miller claimed in avoidance of this defense that Lenzen had paid him various sums of money on these…