Per Curiam.Suit upon a note given by Harmon Clark and Jediah Price to John D. Jones & Co., dated August 3, 1858.
Answer as follows: That on December 2,1856, Clark, one of the makers of said note, purchased of one C. J. Plumb, a certain tract of land, receiving from Plumb a bond for a deed on payment of the purchase money, being $1,000; $600 of *192which was paid down, and two notes, of $200 each, given for the balance; that one of said two notes, the other having been paid, came to the hands of Jones (& Go., the plaintiffs, who Pr®sen^e<^ same at maturity for payment; that said Olark promised said Jones & Go. that he would pay it, if they would procure Plumb to execute the deed required by his title bond, for the land; that they procured the deed, and delivered it to Clark, and he took up his note to Plumb, held by Jones d> Go. by assignment, by executing to the latter a new note for the money due, with Price as surety, payable at a future day; that the note thus given is the one sued on; that said defendant, Olark, has since discovered that Plumb had no title to the land conveyed to Olark, though it was the same as described in the title bond; that he has become insolvent, so that recourse to his covenant will be unavailing; and hence the consideration of the note sued on has failed.
P. P. Johnson, for the appellants.
J. P. Mellett, E. B. Martindale and J. B. Julian, for the appellees.A demurrer was sustained to this answer, and the plaintiffs had judgment.
The judgment is affirmed, with 5 per cent, damages and costs.