Tompkins v. Compton
Supreme Court of Georgia
Complaint on notes. Before Judge Westmoreland. City court of Atlanta. March term, 1898.
1Opinion of the Court
Simmons, Justice.
Tompkins ’was sued by Compton upon two promissory notes -executed by Tompkins and Woodson at Sheffield, Alabama, May 28th, 1888, one payable to Compton or order, the other payable to Graves or order and indorsed by Graves to' Compton. The defendant filed special pleas, setting up, among other grounds of defence, that the consideration of the notes sued on was illegal. A general demurrer to these pleas was sustained, and the defendant excepted. .
We think the pleas,contain a good defence, in so far as they rest upon the element of illegality. It appears from -the allegations…
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