Case ID: dc_1/html/0280-01.html
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Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

James Davidson, for the Use of the Bank of the United States, v. Daniel Henop.
    If there be only one issue, and the defendant holds the affirmative of that issue, he has a right to open and close the argument.
    Assumpsit, on a promissory note. The defendant pleaded infancy only, upon which the issue was joined.
   The Court

was of opinion that the plaintiff was not obliged to produce the promissory note mentioned in the declaration, but that the defendant held the affirmative of the issue, and had a right to begin and close the argument.