Saramia v. Courrégé

The plaintiff sues defendant upon his note, payable to plaintiff’s order, four months after date, and dated 15th November, 1851. The note does not appear to have ever been protested, has always been held by plaintiff, and suit was only brought upon it in January, 185T, when nearly five years had expired from its maturity.

The defence is, that said note was satisfied and paid in full before its maturity, in the following manner: that on the 19th December, 1851, defendant sold to plaintiff by notarial act, the stock in trade, fixtures, &c., of a coffeehouse, for two thousand dollars, expressed…