Booker v. Robbins

This was a suit, by James B. Robbins and James R. Page, against Thomas J. Booker, upon a promissory note executed by the latter to the said Robbins, payable to him or bearer, and assigned by delivery to the said Page. The defendant, in his auswer, set up three defenses: Hirst. That the consideration of the note was a horse, purchased, as Robbins, when he sold him, knew, for the military service of the Confederate States. Secondly. That the consideration, for which the note- was. assigned to Page, was Confederate money. Thirdly. That the money called for in the note, was, in the contemplation…