Benedict Hall & Co. v. Davis
Supreme Court of Georgia
Bills. Notice. Before Judge Harrell. Stewart Superior Court. October Term, 1870. This was complaint by Benedict Hall & Company against Benjamin F. Davis, upon the following draft: “$139 60 New York, Feb’y 18th, 1868. “Three days after date, pay to the order of Benedict Hall & Co. one hundred and thirty-nine 60-100 dollars value received, with current rate of exchange on New York, at the office of John King, Columbus, Ga. “B. F. Davis.
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Bills. Notice. Before Judge Harrell. Stewart Superior Court. October Term, 1870. This was complaint by Benedict Hall & Company against Benjamin F. Davis, upon the following draft: “$139 60 New York, Feb’y 18th, 1868. “Three days after date, pay to the order of Benedict Hall & Co. one hundred and thirty-nine 60-100 dollars value received, with current rate of exchange on New York, at the office of John King, Columbus, Ga. “B. F. Davis. “To J. E. Thompson, Green Hill P. O., Ga.” At the trial, it was admitted that John King’s office was not a chartered bank. Plaintiffs’ counsel read in evidence…
1Opinion of the CourtEochrane, C. J.
The record in this case discloses that suit was instituted at *616the April Term of Stewart Superior .Court, upon a bill of exchange, or draft, given by B. F. Davis, defendant in error to the plaintiffs in error. The draft is dated, New York, February 18th, 1868, and was payable at the office of John King, Columbus, Georgia, three days after date, and was addressqfl to and accepted by, J. -E. Thompson. At the October Term, 1870, the case came on for trial, and the plaintiff submitted the draft in evidence, and closed his case. Whereupon, counsel for defendants moved a non-suit, which was granted…
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