Howell v. Wilson

Wilson, the assignee of a note, brought an action of assumpsit against Howell, the assignor. It was proved on the trial, that a note for the payment of money, given by Coleman Puit to Hozoell, bad been assigned by the latter for a valuable consideration to Wilson; and that an action by Wilson, the assignee, against Puit, the maker, bad been defeated by a plea of a failure of consideration. The defendant, Hozo*419ell, in the present action against him on the assignment, offered to prove that the consideration 'of the note was valid, and had not failed; but the evidence was rejected. The cause was…