Cavasso v. Downey

This is an appeal from a judgment in favor of plaintiff for the sum of one thousand dollars, with interest and costs of suit, in an action to recover upon a promissory note executed by the defendant to the plaintiff for said sum. The defendant in his answer admitted the execution of the note, but denied that the same had not been paid. He further averred that the consideration of the note had failed. He then proceeded to aver that the said plaintiff and himself had for some time prior to the making of said note been engaged in business as partners under the firm name of Downey-Cavasso Glass…