Cox v. Hazard

— This was an action of assumpsit brought by Hazard against Cox and Morrow on a promissory note. The note was dated on the 1st of December, 1836, payable 90 days after date to James Conwell or order, and indorsed by Conwell to the plaintiff.

Pleas, 1. The general issue. 2. That the note was executed in part consideration of lots numbered 19 and 20 in the *409town of Laurel; that on the execution of the note, the payee gave his title-bond to the defendants, the condition of which (after reciting that he had received one-third of the purchase-money, and the defendants’ note for the residue payable…