Schmidt v. Ludwig

Action on three promissory notes. The answer, as amended, sets out — not, perhaps, in the best manner in which such, a defence might be stated, but sufficiently to enable the court and opposite party to kn»w what facts were relied on for defence — in substance these facts: The notes in suit, with others, all amounting to five thousand dollars, were executed by defendant to Christian Schmidt, as the *86consideration for real estate conveyed by Schmidt to defendant, and defendant executed to Schmidt a mortgage on the real estate, to secure the notes. Schmidt assigned the notes and mortgage to…