Illinois Supreme Court April 15, 1859 (Merrill v. Randall)

Walker, J.

The errors assigned, question the correctness of the decision of the court, in sustaining a demurrer, to the several special pleas filed by defendant below. The second is pleaded as a plea of failure of consideration. This plea avers that the maker purchased of Whittemore & Co. a printing establishment, and all the demands due the firm, and that he was to pay all their liabilities.