Bass v. Smith

In this action, the appellees, as plaintiffs, sued the appellants, as defendants, in the court below, upon a promissory note executed by the appellants to the order of one P. O. Sommerville, and endorsed by him to the appellees.

The note was filed with and made part of the complaint, and it was alleged therein, that the note was due and unpaid.

The appellant answered m two paragraphs, in substance, as follows:

1. For a partial defence as to sixty dollars of the note in suit, the appellants said, that the note sued on was given in renewal of other notes, and that, in computing the interest on…