Cohan v. Markel

At the trial of this action a verdict was directed in favor of the plaintiffs and the defendant’s counterclaim was dismissed. There are five separate causes of action on as many promissory notes aggregating $5,000. Five hundred dollars of the amount has been paid, leaving $4,500 still due.

The answer sets forth a general denial, and as a separate defense recites that the notes upon which the suit is brought were given for the purchase price of certain furniture sold to the defendant for use in a hotel which was being erected in Newark, N. J.

The furniture was sold under a contract made on the…