Murray v. Beckwith

This was an action of assumpsit, on a promissory note. The declaration contained a special count by the assignee against the maker, and the common counts. Appellants filed the plea of the general issue, and two special pleas of part failure of consideration, on all of which issues were formed; and a fourth plea in which it was averred that the note was obtained by fraud and circumvention; that, prior to the execution of the note, appellants had purchased of the payees a large quantity of tobacco, and had agreed to pay them the sum of $19,867.47, all of which appellants had paid except the sum…