Ferguson v. Turner

Opinion of the Courts delivered by

Napton, Judge.

This was an action brought by Taylor and Ferguson against Turner, as endorser of a negotiable note. The defendant pleaded non assumpsit, and a special plea, alleging that after the maturity of the note, Taylor & Ferguson, by a legal and binding contract with Chambers, the maker of the note, granted an indulgence of four months to the maker, Chambers, without the knowledge or consent of said Turner, and thus legally precluded themselves from coercing the payment of said money from said Chambers. To this plea there was a replication, and issue…