Smith v. Scott

Simon J.

The defendant, Hawkins, is appellant from a judgment condemning him to pay the amount of sundry promissory notes, subscribed by him as the security, in solido, of his co-defendant Scolt, which notes were given by Scott for the price of several slaves, purchased by him at the sale of the property belonging to the succession administered by the plaintiff.

The pleadings show that the defendants filed their answer on the 19th of May, 1841, in which they pleaded the general issue ; that on the 31st of the same month, the plaintiff filed a remittitur, in which he acknowledges that the…