Baird v. Best

This was an action of assumpsit brought by appellee, as assignee, to recover the last unpaid note of three notes of $233.33 each, given by appellant to Isaac Chapman, for a balance due on land purchased of him, and by him conveyed in fee, by warranty deed, to appellant.

In the declaration it was averred that Isaac Chapman, to whom the note was made and delivered, indorsed the same to appellee.

To the declaration, appellant filed the general issue and three special pleas. The first and second special pleas were pleas of failure of consideration,' to which a demurrer was interposed and which…