Swank v. Nichols' Administrator

This case is now here the second time. Upon the last trial, the court below seems to have disregarded the law, as declared by this court when the case was formerly before it. 20 Ind. 198.

The foundation of the action was, at first, two promissory notes, given by the intestate to the appellant. After the cause was remanded by this court for a new trial, a paragraph was added upon a quantum meruit, for services rendered as a physician. New pleadings were then filed by the defendant: 1. The general denial. 2. As to the notes, *200that when they were given the intestate was insane, ■with some…