Slevin v. Morrow

Debt by the plaintiffs in error against the defendants, on two promissory notes. Plea, the general issue, with an agreement to give in evidence under it all matters which could be proved under any special pleading.

Trial by the Court, which found for the defendants. Motions for a new trial and in arrest of judgment overruled, and judgment on the finding.

It appears from the evidence, which is set out in a bill of exceptions, that the defendants placed two notes in the plaintiffs’ hands, the proceeds of which, when collected, were to be applied to the payment of the notes sued on. The first note…