Fowler v. Brantly
Supreme Court of the United States
IN error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of Alabamá. In the Circuit Court of Alabama an action was instituted on a promissory note, by the plaintiff in error, against the defendants; and a- verdict and-judgment were entered for the defendants. The plaintiff took exception to the charge of the Court, and prosecuted this writ of error.
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IN error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of Alabamá. In the Circuit Court of Alabama an action was instituted on a promissory note, by the plaintiff in error, against the defendants; and a- verdict and-judgment were entered for the defendants. The plaintiff took exception to the charge of the Court, and prosecuted this writ of error. The facts of the case, and the matters which .were the subjects of the exceptions taken to~the rulings of the Court, are fully stated in the opinion of the Court.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Catron
This is an action of' assumpsit by the assignee of a note against the makers. The questions of law arising in this cause depend on the construction of a note of hand, in the following words:
“Selma, Dallas County, Alabama, March 1st, 1S36.
“ Eleven months after date, we, Harris Brantly, Peyton S. Graves, and Hugh Ferguson, jointly and severally, promise to pay Andrew Armstrong, cashier, or bearer, two thousand, dollars, value received, negotiable and payable at the Branch Bank of the state of Alabama, at Mobile. (Signed) Harris Brantly,
Peyton ,S. Graves,
Hugh Ferguson.
“Credit: Diego M‘Voy.
Harris…
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