Wells v. Jackson

Wells sued Jackson in debt. The first count of the declaration alleges that the defendant made his writing obligatory, and thereby bound himself to pay the plaintiff $10,000. The second count states that the defendant made his “certain instrument in writing,” whereby he promised to pay the plaintiff the same amount. The third count sets out a writing obligatory executed by one Ferris Pell to the plaintiff for $10,000, and then avers that the defendant placed his name upon this instrument, and ^delivered it thus indorsed to the plaintiff. The defendant *44craved oyer of the writing obligatory…