Blitch v. Brewer
Supreme Court of Georgia
Actions. Statute of limitations. Promissory notes.. Before Judge Atkinson. Ware superior court. April term, 1888. Reported in the decision.
1Opinion of the Court
Bleckley, Chief Justice.
' By statute, the filing of the declaration in the clerk’s office is the commencement of action. The declaration was filed October 15th, 1886. The promise in the note declared upon was to pay on or before the 15th of October, 1880. The instrument was an’ ordinary promissory note, payable generally, not at bank or any other specified place. The action was complaint, the declaration being in the ordinary short form provided-for by statute. There was no averment of demand for payment on the date the note became due, nor was there any evidence of such demand submitted to…
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