Copley v. McFarland

The defendant is sued on a note for $347 20, drawn by his former tutor, John T. Mason, to the order of Moore, Burroughs & Co., and by the latter endorsed to the plaintiff. It is alleged that this note was given for a gin stand, &c., furnished for the plantation of the defendant while he was a minor, and that the same turned to his use and benefit. There was a judgment by default rendered in the case and confirmed, but the same having been set aside, on a motion for a new trial, the defendant answered, averring, among other matters of defence, that neither he, nor John T. Mason, nor any other…