Brown v. Halliday

This suit was instituted by appellant against appellees in the Chicot Circuit Court to recover $206 upon a draft drawn by W. H. Carpenter on his co-appellees, who lived at Cairo, Illinois, in favor of appellant.

Appellees interposed the defense that the consideration for the draft failed before it was presented for payment to Carpenter’s co-appellees.

The cause was submitted upon the pleadings and proof, which resulted in an instructed verdict in favor of appellees, over the objection and exception of appellant. A judg'ment was rendered pursuant to the verdict, from which is this appeal.

The…