Wathen v. Fare

The appellee, who was the plaintiff, sued the appellants, who were the defendants, upon a promissory note for the payment of $104.50. The note was payable to one Matthew Shanahan, who, without indorsement, assigned it to the plaintiff. Shanahan was made a defendant to answer as to the assignment, and-having failed to appear was defaulted. The other defendants, Joshua and Raphael Wathen, answered: 1. By a denial. 2. Payment. 3. That the note in suit was executed to Shanahan for the consideration of a certain mare, at the time of its execution purchased of him by the defendants. And the…