Fulweiler v. Singer
Fulweiler v. Singer
Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Enion Singer sued Abraham Fulweiler in assumpsit, on a promissory note executed August 6, 1838, and made payable to Singer and Ooust, and by them indorsed to tlie plaintiff. The defendant pleaded non-assumpsit in the usual form, and several special pleas averring in general terms: 1. That Ooust the assignee of said note, became a bankrupt after it was made and before it was assigned to tlie plaintiff. 2. That he became a bankrupt in Ohio, August 19, 184-1; and 3. by an amended plea that said Ooust became sucli bankrupt, according to tlie true intent and meaning of an act of Congress, passed August 19th, 1841, and that he was so declared by the district court of the United States, for tlie state of Ohio, and that said court appointed an assignee for the said Ooust, who was entitled to said note at the time it was assigned to the plaintiff. A demurrer to the three special pleas was sustained. The case was then submitted to the court upon tlie general issue and judgment rendered upon the note in favor of the plaintiff.
It is now contended, that the court erred in sustaining the demurrer to the three special pleas. In this we can see no error, as those pleas appear to be defective, not only in form, but in substance. Upon the face of the papers, the note appears to have been regularly indorsed to the present holder, and there is no specific allegation in either plea, that the indorsement was not made by a party duly authorized to assign the same; they contain no aver
Judgment affirmed.
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