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14 Ind. 4

Stebbens v. Lenfesty

Indiana Supreme Court

Decided December 24, 1859

Indiana Supreme Court · decided 1859-12-24

<p>APPEAL from the Grant Circuit Court.</p>

Decided 1859-12-24

Hanna, J.

¶1Suit on note.

¶2.Answer, first, denial; second, that defendant did not execute and deliver said note, &c.; third, want of consideration, setting out facts, &c.; fourth, failure of consideration, setting, out the facts relied on, &c.

¶3Reply, in effect, denying the. third paragraph of the an-' swer. No notice taken of any other.

¶4Trial, verdict and judgment for the plaintiff. Motions for a new trial and in arrest overruled.

¶5The only evidence given was the note.'

¶6This judgment must be reversed. The fourth paragraph of the answer, as presented by the record, appears to stand uncontradicted. The facts averred in it, therefore, under the statute, were admitted, namely, that the consideration for which said note had been given had failed.

A. Steele, TI. D. Thompson, and M. L. Marsh, for the appellant.J. Broiunlee, for the appellee.Per Curiam.

¶7The judgment is reversed with costs. Cause remanded, &c.

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