Bemis v. Horner

The appellees sued the appellant upon a promissory note:

“ Chicago, June 2, 1891.

$5,000.

Four months after date, I promise to pay to the order of James W. Miller, Esq., five thousand dollars at the First National Bank. Value received.

H. V. Bemis.”

Indorsed:

“ James W. Miller.”

November 2,1891, Bemis filed his plea of non assumpsit, with an affidavit that he believed that he had a good defense upon the merits to the whole' demand, and on the 13th of the same month obtained leave of the court to file special pleas within five days thereafter. None were filed until the 19th, when four pleas were…