Barber v. Taylor

By the court,

Miles, J.

This case originated in a-justice’s court, where the plaintiff below declared against the defendant "below as endorser of a promissory note, and exhibited the note. The defendant did not appear, the plaintiff had judgment, and the defendant appealed.

The defendant’s default for want of a plea having been entered in the circuit court, the plaintiff assessed his damages and had judgment.

The case seems to have been disposed of in the circuit upon the pleadings in the justice’s court; for, although a plea of the general issue is set forth on the record in the circuit, still,…