Pinckard, Steele & Co. v. Hampton

This is a suit against the drawer of a draft for $634 t5, payable to the order of plaintiffs.

Tbe answer contained a general denial, a denial of any consideration, and an averment that “the signature to tbe draft looks like his genuino signature, but that he believes it to be a forgery.”

The answer further contains interrogatories on facts and articles to ■all the plaintiffs, to substantiate his defense.

Subsequently, defendant filed the plea of prescription of five years. Pleadings are intended to aid in the investigation of truths, in tho •■administration of justice; and courts of justice will…