Dunaway v. Goodall

This was an action of assumpsit brought by the appellant against the appellees in the Circuit Court of Williamson county. The appellee interposed a plea in abatement to the action, setting out, in substance, that after the several causes of action occurred, they had entered into a contract with the appellant by which he, for a consideration mentioned in'the plea, was to forbear suing upon the indebtedness averred in the declaration, until the appellees could be relieved from the financial embarrassment under which they then suffered, and that although they should be so relieved within the…