Toms v. Jones.
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Oivit, ActioN by M. C. Toms against John Jones, M. S. Justus, James Jackson, J. B. Ereeman, R.- J. Brown, H. D. Justice, W. II. Stepp, H. Y. Cash, W. M. Justus, I. T. Laughter, B. B. Jackson, Jason Orr, W. B. Ledbetter, W. I). Miller, D. R. Myers, J. S. Rhodes, C. W. Butler, J. W. C. Blythe, R. G. Souther, E. R. Israel, C. J. Edney, Jay W. Ereeman, P. S. Brittain, and G. M. Guice, .beard by Judge T. A. McNeill and a jury, at Eall Term, 1899, of ITeNdeRSON Superior Court.
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Oivit, ActioN by M. C. Toms against John Jones, M. S. Justus, James Jackson, J. B. Ereeman, R.- J. Brown, H. D. Justice, W. II. Stepp, H. Y. Cash, W. M. Justus, I. T. Laughter, B. B. Jackson, Jason Orr, W. B. Ledbetter, W. I). Miller, D. R. Myers, J. S. Rhodes, C. W. Butler, J. W. C. Blythe, R. G. Souther, E. R. Israel, C. J. Edney, Jay W. Ereeman, P. S. Brittain, and G. M. Guice, .beard by Judge T. A. McNeill and a jury, at Eall Term, 1899, of ITeNdeRSON Superior Court. From judgment for the plaintiff, defendants appealed.
1Opinion of the Court
Eaiecloth, O. J.
This is an action to recover money on a promissory note. The note was payable to J. M. Waldrop, six months after date, and signed by R. J. Brown and four others, and indorsed by John Jones and twenty-four others, “Per W. II. Stepp (and four others) attorneys in fact.” Before maturity, said note was assigned by the payee to the plaintiff, for value. The plaintiff introduced his note, and testified that he purchased it before maturity, for value, in the usual course of business, from the payee, without knowledge of any offset, counter-claim, or defense against the same. “The…
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