Jacobs v. Gilreath
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Gary, J., Greenville, July, 1894. Action commenced February 8, 1893, by R. H. Jacobs against Mattie Gilreath, on a joint and several note of Mattie and H. G. Gilreath, dated January 1st, 1886, for $530, due twelve mouths after date. On the note were endorsed sundry payments from January, 1887, to May, 1892, also the following: “This note is to bear eight per cent, interest from 1st January, 1891. R. H. Jacobs.”
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Before Gary, J., Greenville, July, 1894. Action commenced February 8, 1893, by R. H. Jacobs against Mattie Gilreath, on a joint and several note of Mattie and H. G. Gilreath, dated January 1st, 1886, for $530, due twelve mouths after date. On the note were endorsed sundry payments from January, 1887, to May, 1892, also the following: “This note is to bear eight per cent, interest from 1st January, 1891. R. H. Jacobs.” The case was tried before Judge Gary at the July, 1894, term at Green-ville, S. C., with a jury. The following is the charge of the trial judge: Mr. Foreman and gentlemen of the…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Chief Justice McIver.
This action was commenced on the 8th day of February, 1893, to recover the amount mentioned in a note bearing date the 1st day of January, 1886, whereby the defendant, and one H. G. Gilreath, who, it seems, was her husband, jointly and severally promised to pay to the plaintiff, or his order, twelve months after date, the sum of $550, with interest from date at ten per cent, per annum until paid. The statute of limitations having been pleaded, the plaintiff, by leave of the Court, filed an amended complaint, setting forth…
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