Doherty v. Bell

The appellants, as the assignees of one *206James B. Drake, sued the appellee in the court below, on a promissory note, bearing date the 20th day of June, 1872, and payable six months after date, at The First Rational Bank of Indianapolis, which was alleged to have been assigned before maturity.

The appellee answered in two paragraphs.

In the first paragraph the appellee charges, in substance, that, on the day on which said note bears date, one Harris, who represented himself as a general agent for the sale of “ Drake’s Horse Hay-Fork and Hay-Carrier,” in this State, came to his, appellee’s, house…