Columbia Carriage Co. v. Hatch

FINLEY, Chief Justice.

This is a suit by the plaintiffs, T. L. Curley and R. L. Hedges, citizens of the State of Ohio, partners under the name and style of Columbia Carriage' Company, against W. H. Hatch, defendant, for $4998.68, besides interest and protest fees, alleged to be due on .two promissory notes—one for $2412.18, dated July 22, 1895, and due at four months; the other dated October 3, 1895, for $2586.50. due at four months after date, executed by the defendant.

After first setting out the contract in full, which was afterwards introduced in evidence, the defendant specially pleaded:…