Winkelman v. Choteau

This was assumpsit, by appellees against appellant, on the following promissory note, under seal:

“Nine months after date, I promise to pay Chouteau & Edwards, or order, the sum of three hundred dollars, with ten per cent interest from date till paid, for value received.

This 29th day of March, 1860.

William Winkelman, [l. s.]

Elizabeth Winkelmah, [l. s.] ”

Among other pleas filed by appellant, is the following:

“And for further plea in this behalf, the defendant says adió non, because, he says, that the several causes of action in the several counts of declaration are for one and the same thing,…