Hogan

Action on twelve promissory notes—two for $80 each, eight for $75 each, and two for $60 each. The answer of defendant admits the making of the notes, but alleges that each note “was without good or valid or legal con *63 sideration; that the only consideration therefor was an account for the sale and delivery by plaintiff to defendant by retail, or by the drink, of spirituous and malt liquors, wine, and cider; and that the amount of said account exceeded the sum of five dollars; but did not exceed the sum of twenty-five dollars; and that such an account constituted the only consideration for each of said notes. ’’ Further answering, the defendant denies that the first four of said notes had not" been paid, but alleges that they have been “satisfied and discharged.” The court found as follows: “All the allegations of the complaint are true. Each of the promissory notes set forth in said complaint was made to plaintiff by the defendant upon valuable consideration therefor. No part of the consideration for either of said promissory notes was the sale or delivery by plaintiff to the defendant of any liquor, spirituous or malt, or of any wine or cider, and neither one of said…