Wilcox, Gibbs & Co. v. Aultman

Warner, Chief Justice.

This was an action brought by the plaintiffs against the defendant on a draft drawn by him upon Messrs. Adams & Bazemore, payable to his own order, and indorsed by himself, for the sum of $88.70, dated 20th January, 1870, and due on the 6th day of November thereafter, with a crop lien annexed thereto, The defendant pleaded pay*545raent. On the trial of the case the jury, under the charge of the court, found a verdict in favor of the defendant. A motion was made for a new trial on the grounds therein stated, which was overruled, and the plaintiffs excepted.

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