French v. Green

Assumpsit by Moses Green, assignee of Hugh Dougherty, against Jefferson A. French, upon a promissory note. Pleas: 1. The general issue; and 2. That the defendant had discharged 70 dollars of the note, before its assignment, by a certain arrangement with the payee thereof. Issues of fact were formed, and were tried *268by a jury. Verdict for the plaintiff for the full amount of the note and interest. A motion for a new trial was overruled.

D. S. Major and A. Brower, for the plaintiff. J. W. Spencer and D. Kelso, for the defendant.

The only question for this Court to decide is, whether the defense as…