Ford v. Parker

1. Where suit was brought on a promissory note, and at the beginning of the trial the defendants admitted the execution of the note and assumed the burden of proof, when it was afterwards offered in evidence by the plaintiff in rebuttal it could not be excluded on objection based on the ground that it was attested by a witness, and that its execution must be proved by such witness in order for it to. be admitted.

2. Where to a suit on a promissory note a plea of total failure of consideration was filed, averring that it was given for the purchase of certain mules, that they did not fulfill the…