Compton v. Blair

This suit was brought upon a promissory note, made for eleven thousand five hundred dollars by the plaintiff in error to Judge Casey, and transferred to defendant in error after maturity, and the defense is that it was given without consideration.

The case was tried in the circuit without a jury, and the court allowed recovery. The general question raised here is whether there was evidence before the circuit judge tending to show a consideration, and that question may be said to depend upon the complexion the evidence conduced to give to the status and relations of the parties when the note…