William W. v. Hodges
2 Cranch 452 | U.S. Circuit Court for the District of District of Columbia | 1824
So decided
Verdict for defendant.
Motion for new trial on the ground of misdirection of the jury by the Court, overruled. The Court said that between immediate parties parol evidence is admissible to show that there was no consideration, and that the defendant did not indorse the note to give it credit; and that this was in effect the substance of the instruction given.
Jndgment for defendant. The note was for $418.55.