Purdy v. Vermilya

This was an action of assumpsit, the declaration containing the money counts only. At. the foot of the declaration was a copy of a bill of exchange, drawn by C. Snowden, payable to his own order, upon the defendant Yermilya, and accepted by him, with a notice that such bill of exchange would be given in evidence under the money counts, and that it was the plaintiff’s only cause of action. It did not appear by such copy, or by the notice, that C. Snowden, the drawer and payee, had indorsed the bill.

The defendant having pleaded the general issue, the cause was tried, and the plaintiff gave in…