Atkinson v. State Bank

This was an action of debt by the State Bank of Indiana against Atkinson, the maker of a promissory note, in the Washington Circuit Court. The defendant pleaded in abatement the pendency of another suit in the Jackson Circuit Court on the same note, against Atkinson and others. The other defendants were indorsers of the note (1).

The plaintiff demurred to the plea; the demurrer was *85sustained ; and final judgment rendered in favour of the plaintiff for the amount of the note.

A. C. Griffith, for the plaintiff. R. W. Thompson, for the defendant.

It appears by a bill of exceptions that the…