Hough v. Gage

This is an appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county to reverse a judgment obtained therein by Asahel Gage against Oramel S. Hough, in an action of assumpsit on a promissory note alleged to have been executed by defendant to one Isaac H.- Gregory or order, 'and indorsed before maturity to the plaintiff “ without recourse.”

The defense was embraced in three special pleas, on the two first of which issues were joined. The third plea averred that the consideration for the note was an interest in a patent for the making of “Warfield’s soap,” sold by payee to defendant, and that the…