Jones v. Bank of Tennessee

Jones Simpson

delivered the opinion of the Court.

The President and Directors of the Bank of Tennessee, brought this suit against the plaintiffs in error, on a note executed by them, for four thousand six hundred and seventy three dollars. The suit was by petition and summons. The defendants filed a demurrer to the petition, ■ and ten pleas. The plaintiffs in the petition demurred to nine of the pleas, and took issue on the other. The defendants’ demurrer to the petition was overruled, and the demurrers filed by plaintiffs to the pleas, were sustained. On the issue made up, a verdict was…