Manly v. Hubbard

Suit by Manly against Hubbard, on a promissory note for the delivery of one hundred thousand Osage orange plants. Breach, refusal to deliver, &c.

The defendant answered in several paragraphs—

1. No consideration.

2. That the note was given ill part consideration for the sale and transfer of a patent right for parts of Indiana and Michigan, in which territory it was falsely and fraudulently represented that the patent had not been offered for sale; that the pretended improvement was worthless; and that, therefore, the consideration had wholly failed.

3. The third paragraph denies the authority of…