Rogers v. Morton

Two actions are brought on promissory notes by an indorsee, one against the maker and payee and the other against the maker. The complaints set forth the notes and contain the usual averments. The answers are alike and each contains a general denial and three separate defenses and a counterclaim. The plaintiff demurs to each defense on the ground that the same is insufficient in law upon the face thereof, and also to the counterclaim, as hereinafter stated. The facts admitted by the demurrer to- the second defense (the first separate defense) are: Defendants were heavily interested in a…