Massengale & Co. v. Pounds

1. It is not error for the court, at the trial term of a suit upon an unconditional promissory note, to permit the defendant to amend his plea of payment, that has been duly filed, by simply admitting facts making out a prima facie case for plaintiff and giving to defendant the right to open and conclude.

2. Where a note for a specified sum is given by the owner of land to a merchant for supplies to make a crop, and is secured by a mortgage on the crop, and the account for such supplies is entered by the merchant in his books and exceeds in amount the sum named in the note, the debtor has the…