Underwood v. Newport Lyceum

This is an action of assumpsit brought by the plaintiffs in error, against the President and Directors of the Newport Lyceum, to recover the amount of their account for engraving Bank bills for said institution, and for the steel plate made for engraving the same.

The defendants pleaded non-assumpsit, and demurred to the declaration, which was overruled, a trial had on the plea, and a verdict for the plaintiff for $1000. This verdict was set aside and a second trial had, in which a verdict ivas found for the defendants, a motion for a new trial overruled, and the case brought to this court for…