Nations v. Lindley

Appellee instituted this suit in the county court against appellant, declaring upon an alleged note for the sum of $250, of date December 7, 1915, and due on or before November 1, 1916.

Appellant answered formally and by a special plea of non est factum as to the note sued upon, and, by special answer, .alleged that he did execute a note to appellant on the date alleged for the sum of $145, but that the consideration for it had failed. Ap-pellee, by a supplemental petition, denied generally these allegations of appellant.

Upon the issues thus joined by the pleadings, the case was tried to the…