Wheat v. Arnold
Supreme Court of Georgia
Assumpsit. Motion new trial. Decided by Judge Underwood. Campbell Superior Court. February Term, 1867. Arnold sued Wheat on the following promissory note: “$1,147.79. Atlanta, Georgia, March 8th, 1858. Twelve months after date, I promise to pay to Thomas Bullard’s order, at the Bank of Fulton, the sum of Eleven Hundred and Forty-seven Dollars and Seventy-nine Cents, for value received. A. W. Wheat.” Endorsed: — “Thomas Bullard,” “Richard Moore,” “ J. C. Danforth.”
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Assumpsit. Motion new trial. Decided by Judge Underwood. Campbell Superior Court. February Term, 1867. Arnold sued Wheat on the following promissory note: “$1,147.79. Atlanta, Georgia, March 8th, 1858. Twelve months after date, I promise to pay to Thomas Bullard’s order, at the Bank of Fulton, the sum of Eleven Hundred and Forty-seven Dollars and Seventy-nine Cents, for value received. A. W. Wheat.” Endorsed: — “Thomas Bullard,” “Richard Moore,” “ J. C. Danforth.” The plea was that “ said note has been altered and changed since he signed and delivered the same, without his knowledge or…
1Opinion of the CourtWaknek, C. J.
The error assigned to the judgment of the Court below in this case, is in refusing to grant the motion for a new trial •upon the several grounds specified therein. This was a suit instituted upon a promissory note, alleged to have been altered in a material part thereof, after its execution and delivery. The defendant filed his plea as to the fact of the alteration of the note under oath. When the note was offered in evidence, the defendant objected to its being read until the alteration had been explained or accounted for by the plaintiff. The Court overruled the objection, and allowed the…
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