Beals v. Beals

The appellee, who was the plaintiff, sued the appellant, who. was the defendant, upon a note for the payment of 193 dollars. The note bears date Mareh the 8th, 1858, and is payable at one day, with interest from date..

Defendant’s answer.consists of four paragraphs: ■

I. That 53 dollars of the note in suit is for illegal and usurious interest.

II. That one Daniel Beals, sr., who was the father of both plaintiff and defendant, in the year 1852, by deed in fee, conveyed to the plaintiff 40 acres of land, and, at the same time, conveyed him another tract of nearly 40 acres, in consideration that…