Richmond Manufacturing Co. v. Davis

— Debt by the plaintiffs against the defendant and one Sim on a sealed bill. Davis pleaded non est factum. Sim made default. The cause was tried by the Court. On the issue, the Court found for the defendant Davis. Judgment was entered against Sim.

The note sued on was for the sum of 180 dollars payable to the plaintiffs. On the trial, the deposition of a witness was read which stated that he, the deponent, was the subscribing witness to the note, and that “ when he was called in to see the note signed it was blank so far as related to their names and to the amount, and when he witnessed it, it…