Brent v. Ervin

The plaintiff claims, as endorsee, payment of the defendant's note, which it is alleged was protested, at maturity, and afterwards purloined from the plaintiff's possession. He had judgment on the plea of the general issue, and the defendant appealed.

On the trial, the plaintiff offered in evidence his own affidavit of the manner in which the note was purloined or lost, his advertisements for the recovery of it, and evidence of his conversation with a person near him, at the time of this alleged purloining or loss, These documents were received notwithstanding the *304defendant's objections, and…