Vaughn v. Smith

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Lassing —

Affirming.

J. N. Vaughn filed a suit in the Wolfe Circuit Court against S. B. Smith, in which he sought to recover judgment upon two notes; one, for $230, dated October 3, 1893, and the other for $46.65, dated January 9, 1896, with a credit as of July 2,1896. The necessary affidavits were filed, attachments issued and levied upon a house and lot belonging to the defendant. The defendant answered, admitting the execution of the notes, but pleaded that they had been satisfied in the following manner: That shortly after they were given, he became the…