Harvey v. Laflin

Assumpsit upon a note, or due bill, dated January 12th, 1846, for the payment of 295 dollars on or before the 8th of March next ensuing.

The defendant filed five pleas. 1st. The general issue; 2d. Payment; 3d. No consideration; 4th. Ageneral plea of fraud.

The 5th was a special plea intended to show that the note was given without consideration. It alleged that on the 4th of January, 1846, the plaintiff and defendant were joint owners of a lot of hogs, which they drove to the town of Hamilton, Ohio, and sold to one Me Clary, on a credit, for 1,100 dollars, to be paid on the 8th of March, 1846.…