33 Ala. 481 | Ala. | 1859
The plaintiff proved by his witness, Patton, that he called upon the defendant in Mississippi, and mentioned the subject of the plaintiff’s claim, which he had in his possession ; and that the defendant said, he intended to start to Huntsville in a few days, and would there see the plaintiff. After the introduction of that proof, it was permissible for the defendant to show, that he said, at the same time, he had a receipt against the claim, and was going to Huntsville and would settle the matter there. This last evidence was a part of the same conversation, i'n which the declaration proved by the plaintiff was made, and was explanatory of that declaration; and it was, therefore, admissible.—Bradford v.
The plaintiff asked the charge, that the jury might look to all the evidence in the cause, to see if the note in suit was embraced in the settlement, on which the receipt above named was given.” This charge should have been given. Whether the note was embraced in the settlement, upon which the receipt was given, was a material
The receipt adduced being primafacie evidence of the payment of the note, the onus was upon the plaintiff to overcome that prima-facie defense; and in determining whether that primafacie case was overcome by satisfactory evidence, it was the duty of the jury to scan the entire evidence. The last charge given by the court was consistent with the principle thus stated, and the ’court committed no error in giving it.
The judgment of the court below is reversed, and the ■ cause remanded.