Philpot v. Sandwich Manufacturing Co.

These are two cases between the same parties, in which substantially the same questions are presented, and they will be considered together. The actions were brought upon certain promissory notes given by the plaintiff aud one John Beadle for certain machinery. The defense set forth in the answers was, that “ the said James Philpot was an infant within the age of twenty-one years.” On the trial, a jury being waived in each case, the court made special findings of fact, which in the first case submitted are as follows:

1st. The court finds that when the defendant James Philpot signed the note…