Collins v. Jones

The ground alleged for relief in equity against the judgment rendered for the appellants against the appellee, is of a purely legal character. The appellee alleges in his bill, that whilst the note on which the action was brought, was in'the hands of Collins, one of the assignees, ho delivered to him, thirty cords of wood, and sixty-two and a half cords to Johnson, by the direction and to the orders of Collins, in discharge of the note, and which at the price of a dollar and a half per cord would have entirely discharged the note. He gives no reason why he did not prove these facts in the…