Johnson v. Baird

J. <?/ J. Johnson, assignees of Farnham, commenced an action against Baird, before a justice' of the peace, on a note in the following words: — “One day after date, for value received, I promise to pay Jno. H. Farnham, Esq. fourteen dob lars, in fine hats, at .my house in' Salem. . March 3d, 1830. William Baird.” The payee endorsed the note on the 28th of April, 1831, to the plaintiffs.

Two pleas were filed to the action. Verdict and judgment in the justice’s Court for the defendant. The plaintiffs appealed to the Circuit Court. . The note and the pleas were sent up to the Court, by the…