Long v. Pence's Committee
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Rockingham county, rendered October 16,1895j on a motion wherein the defendant in error was the plaintiff, and the plaintiff in error was the defendant. This was a proceeding by motion by an assignee against a remote assignor of a note which was conceded to be not negotiable, because it did not appear on its face to be payable at a bank in this State.
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Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Rockingham county, rendered October 16,1895j on a motion wherein the defendant in error was the plaintiff, and the plaintiff in error was the defendant. This was a proceeding by motion by an assignee against a remote assignor of a note which was conceded to be not negotiable, because it did not appear on its face to be payable at a bank in this State. The following is a copy of the note: “$1234.00. Harrisonburg, Va., March 8, 1892. Two years after date we promise to pay to Daniel S. Long or order, one thousand and two hundred and thirty-four…
1Opinion of the CourtRiely, J.
This case is before us upon a writ of error to a judgment rendered on a motion by the assignee of a promissory note-against a remote assignor.
It was contended that the law does not authorize the proceeding by motion in a case of this kind.
Sec. 3211 of the Code provides that “ any person entitled to recover money by action on any contract may, on motion before any court which would have jurisdiction in an action otherwise than under section thirty-two hundred and fifteen, obtain judgment for such money. * * * ” The statute thus authorizes the proceeding by motion whenever a person is entitled…
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