King v. Howell
King v. Howell
Opinion of the Court
The only question presented for our determination in this case is as to the right of the defendant to a judgment upon his cross petition, for the amount admitted by plaintiff in his original petition to be due
But the judgment in this case must be reversed for, at least, two reasons: first, the plaintiff filed a reply or answer to the cross petition, denying each and every allegation therein contained. Hence, the whole of the claim made by the cross petition was controverted; and, second, the note set up in the cross petition as the basis of the defendant’s claim was not due, by its terms, until the first day of September, 1868, or about six months after the time judgment was rendered thereon. In any event, the holder of the note would not be entitled to judgment on it until it became due.
Reversed.
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