Lynam v. King

This was an action by the appellant against the appellee upon a promissory note. The answer of the defendant contained five paragraphs. The plaintiff replied to the first, and demurred to the second, third, fourth, and fifth. The demurrers were overruled, and he excepted. There was a trial by jury, verdict and judgment for the defendant.

The second paragraph of the answer alleges a failure of consideration of the note, in this; that it was given for an alleged mechanic’s lien, which the plaintiff pretended he held on a building he had erected for one Kuster, on a tract of land which is…