Supreme Judicial Court of Maine June 15, 1841 (Shaw v. Laughton)

*268The opinion of the Court was by

Weston C. J.

By the agreement of the parties, the plaintiff is to become nonsuit, if the contract, upon which he relies, is- illegal, or if by law, either a prior demand or notice of the rendition of judgment, in favor of the attaching creditor, was essential to the maintenance of the action.