Davis v. Leonard

This was an action by Samuel W. Leonard against Lewis Davis, for the value of a two-horse wagon, alleged to have been sold to Davis, and to have been worth one hundred and twenty dollars.

The defendant answered in four paragraphs :

1. In general denial;

2. Payment before the commencement of the action;

3. That on the 1st day of October, 1876, the plaintiff sold and delivered to the defendant the wagon iu the complaint mentioned for the sum of five dollars, and for the further sum of two hundred and thirty-five dollars, if Samuel J. Tilden should be elected President of the United States at the…