Johnson v. . Townsend

Citations

• 29 S.E. 419
• 122 N.C. 442
• 1898 N.C. LEXIS 282

Syllabus

<p>Action on Note — Trial—Contradictory Verdict— Judgment.</p> <p>In a trial of an action on a note the jury found in response to one issue that the note was executed in good faith for the purchase of land conveyed by the payees to the maker, and, in response to another, that the note was not executed in good faith and for the price of the land but in pursuance of a fraudulent scheme, in which all parties participated, to hinder, delay and defraud the creditors of ■ one of the payees. Held, that the verdict was contradictory and no judgment could be rendered thereon.</p>