Jenners v. Howard

This was an action of debt on a joint and several bond against the defendant as administratrix of Samuel Howard, deceased, one of the obligors. The defendant pleaded non est factum. Verdict and judgment for the defendant.

The defense relied on was the insanity of the deceased obligor, Howard, at the time he signed the bond, occasioned by drunkenness.

It appeared upon the trial that the bond sued on was signed by John Garroll, Joseph Riner and Samuel Howard, the defendant’s intestate. The defendant offered to prove the following facts, viz.: “ that Garroll had great influence over Howard ; that…