Wells v. Teall

Debt on a promissory note made by defendant and one Sprague, since deceased, payable to Solon Johnson at the bank of Ypsilanti, and by Johnson indorsed to the plaintiff. The declaration is in the usual form. The defendant pleaded, 1. Nil debet. % That before the commencement of the suit, and before notice of the assignment of said note, defendant paid to Johnson, the' assignor, the full amount thereof as follows, to wit, said Johnson and one Sprague, since deceased, on, &c., at, &c., made their certain note in writing for the sum of 688 dollars, payable nine months after date to the order of…