Bequette v. Lasselle

Debt on a promissory note. Plea, general issue. Verdict and judgment for the plaintiff.

On the day previous to calling the cause for trial, the defendant moved the Court for leave to file two special pleas, issue having been made up on nil debet at the preceding term. The motion was accompanied by an affidavit of the defendant’s attorney, stating that the general issue had been put in to save a default, and that he, the attorney, believed the cause could not be fairly tried upon its merits, unless the additional pleas, or one of them, should be allowed. The Court overruled the motion. This is…