Hewitt v. Jones

This action was brought by appellant, in the Jefferson circuit court, as assignee of a promissory note, against appellee, as maker. The defendants set up, by special plea, the defense, that the execution of the note was obtained by a patent right vender and his agent, by means of fraud and circumvention, setting out the circumstances, and the fraudulent substitution of a note for another paper purporting only to be an appointment of appellee as agent to sell a patent hay fork. There was a change of venue to Marion county, where the cause was tried, resulting in a verdict and judgment for…