Pollard v. Buttery

This is an action of assumpsit brought by an administrator, before a justice of the peace, for the recovery of .a debt due to the intestate in his life-time. The defendant pleaded, 1. nil debét; % that he never had or received the said sum of money; 3. that he never had or received-the said sum of money or any part of it, and that he had long since paid over the same to the legal representatives of-the intestate. Judgment was rendered by the justice in favour of the plaintiff, and an appeal taken to the Circuit Court. In that Court the case was submitted tp a jury; and a bill of exceptions,…