Barker v. Hine

This was a suit by the appellant, against the appellees, on a promissory note.for eighty dollars. There was an answer in two paragraphs.

Each paragraph set up, in a somewhat different form, that the note was given for the purchase of a mare, by the said Allen L. Hine, from the appellant, which was represented and warranted to be sound and in good condition; but which was, in fact, sore, lamed and diseased, and proved to be of no value whatever.

There was a reply,—

1st. In general denial;

2d. Setting up a former adjudication before a justice of the peace.

There was a trial by a jury, followed by a…