Oliver v. Coleman
Supreme Court of Georgia
Motion for new trial. (Scaling Ordinance.) Decided by Judge Williah M. Eeese. Lincoln Superior Court. October Term, 1867. On the third day of December, 1862, L. C. Coleman, Anthony Harmon and E. J. Lyon made two single bills or bonds, payable to “ Shelton Oliver and Eichard W. Wootten, executors of Eichard E. Wimpey, deceased, or bearer,” one for $158, and the other for $290, and due twelve months after date.
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Motion for new trial. (Scaling Ordinance.) Decided by Judge Williah M. Eeese. Lincoln Superior Court. October Term, 1867. On the third day of December, 1862, L. C. Coleman, Anthony Harmon and E. J. Lyon made two single bills or bonds, payable to “ Shelton Oliver and Eichard W. Wootten, executors of Eichard E. Wimpey, deceased, or bearer,” one for $158, and the other for $290, and due twelve months after date. The payees sued the makers thereon, and the defence was that the notes were within the Scaling Ordinance of 1865, and that plaintiffs ought not to recover more than the value of so much…
1Opinion of the CourtWarner, C. J.
The error assigned to the judgment of the Court below in this case, is in refusing to grant a new trial on the grounds specified in the motion therefor.
There was no error in admitting the testimony of Lyon as to “Confederate money being the common currency of the country at the date of the notes, and that contracts were commonly understood to be in Confederate money when no other money was specified.” This evidence was admissible under the Ordinance of the Convention, for the purpose of showing the intention of the parties as to the particular currency in in which the payment of the notes was…
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