Nill v. Comparet

The appellee, who was the plaintiff, sued Will and Miller upon a promissory note for the payment of $311. The note bears date February 1, 1858, and was payable to one Thomas Meegan, who assigned it to the plaintiff. Defendants’ answer contains five paragraphs, to which the plaintiff replied. There was a verdict for the plaintiff, upon which the Court, over a motion for a new trial, rendered judgment. This case is before us upon a reserved question of law, arising upon a demurrer to the reply to the fourth and fifth paragraphs of the answer.

The fourth paragraph alleges that Meegan, before he…