Evans v. Gray

Livermore, on an application for a rehearing. This action is brought to recover the balance due on a promissory note, made at Lexington, in the state of Kentucky, and which became due on the 12th day of July, 1820. On this note several payments have been made; the last, on the 5th day of January, 1821. The defendants allege, that this note was given in payment for a steam-engine—that the said engine was not made according to contract—that they have incurred great expense in their attempts to make it answer the purpose for which it was intended, and have finally laid it aside as useless. There…