Carney v. Street

—The appellees sued the appellant for six hundred and fifty dollars, which they allege he promised to pay them, in part consideration of certain real estate conveyed to him by their grandfather, Matthew Carney, the father of the appellant. The defendant answered by a general denial. There was a trial by the court without a jury, and a finding for the plaintiffs. The defendant moved the court for a new trial, but his motion was overruled, and final judgment rendered against him, in favor of the plaintiffs, for the amount of the finding. On appeal from the special to. the general term of that…