Heaton v. Knowlton

The appellant, as assignee of Scobey and Donnell, sued Ephraim Knowlton before a justice of the peace, upon two promissory notes, which were executed for and in consideration of the right to use and vend, in Addison township, in Shelby county, Indiana, Hunt’s patented machine for separating sugar from sorghum molasses.

The maker of the notes died, during the pendency of the action, and the appellees, his administrators, were substituted as defendants.

There have been three trials of the cause. The trial before the justice resulted in a verdict for appellees.

The appellant appealed to the circuit…