Hankins v. Shoup

This was an action of assumpsit *343brought by S/ioup and others against Hankins. The declaration contains three counts. Two of them are founded on bills of exchange drawn by the defendant on C. B. Smith in favor of the White Water Valley Canal Company. One of these two counts alleges the bill described in it to have been indorsed by the payees to one George G. Shoup, and by him to the plaintiffs. The other alleges that the bill described in it was indorsed by the payees to the plaintiffs. The third count is for money had and received.

The defendant pleaded nine pleas. The first was the general…