Potter v. Earnest

The appellee instituted an action against the appellant upon a promissory note for one hundred and fifty dollars made by the latter to Mary E. Venard, which had been endorsed to him.

The appellant answered, xst. The general denial; 2d, That the payee of the note claimed to be pregnant with a. bastard child, and that the son of the appellant was the-father of the child; that relying upon the statement that she was so pregnant by his son, for the sole purpose of providing for the maintenance, support, and education of the child,, when the same Should be born, he executed the note with four…