Guy v. . McLean

On the trial the defendant offered to prove that the bond was given to satisfy three others, made by the defendant's brother, James McLean, to Partee, one of which was fraudulently obtained by Partee, having been executed when James was drunk and did not know what he was doing, and that this was unknown to the defendant when he delivered the bond in suit.

His Honor, Judge Daniel, rejected the evidence as not constituting a defense in a court of law. A verdict was rendered for the plaintiff; a rule for a new trial being discharged, and judgment entered up according to the verdict, defendant…