Brosnan v. Long

Special ground one of the amended motion for new trial complains of the charge of the court respecting the cheek for $10,000 given by the defendant to the plaintiff on which payment was stopped. The court charged the Code, § 14-301, that every 'negotiable instrument is deemed prima facie to have been issued for a valuable consideration, etc. While this charge was inapt and inappropriate in that the first count of the suit based solely on the check had been ’ abandoned by the plaintiff, we do not think the charge was reversible error because allegations respecting the check were contained in…