Jackson v. Olmstead

The appellees sued the appellant upon a judgment alleged to have been recovered in the Clark Circuit Court on the 13th day of April, 1869. The appellant, besides the general denial and payment, answered that “ before the commencement of this suit, in pursuance of a compromise then had by and between said plaintiffs and defendant, the defendant paid the plaintiffs the sum of $2,000, in full satisfaction and discharge of the judgment sued on.”

Without demurring, the plaintiffs joined issue; the court found for the plaintiffs, and gave them judgment for the sum of $7,604. The appellant moved for…