M'Hatton v. Bates

H. and D. Bates brought suit against M’Hat-ton before a justice of the peace on an account. The defendant filed the following defence: H. Bates & Co., to Robert M’Hatton, Dr. To debt of honour, Presidential election, 16 dollars. The case was tried before the justice and a judgment rendered on the verdict in favour of the defendant. The plaintiffs appealed to the Circuit Court and the cause was submitted to the Court, without the intervention of a jury, and judgment given in favour of the plaintiffs.

The only material question which the case presents, arises from an exception taken by the…