Renwick v. LaGrange Bank
Supreme Court of Georgia
Assumpsit, in Troup Superior Court. Tried before Judge Cabaniss, May Term, 1859. ■ This was an action of assumpsit, brought by Nathan Renwick against the LaGrange Bank, to recover for services rendered by plaintiff, as President pro tem. of said bank y and also one hundred and sixty dollars, the amount claimed to be due from dividends declared on the capital stock of said bank, he being the owner of ten shares thereof.
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Assumpsit, in Troup Superior Court. Tried before Judge Cabaniss, May Term, 1859. ■ This was an action of assumpsit, brought by Nathan Renwick against the LaGrange Bank, to recover for services rendered by plaintiff, as President pro tem. of said bank y and also one hundred and sixty dollars, the amount claimed to be due from dividends declared on the capital stock of said bank, he being the owner of ten shares thereof. Plaintiff claimed for his service rendered, as President pro tem., from 14th February, 1856, until the 25th day of March, 1858„ the sum of six thousand dollars. After the…
1Opinion of the Court
— Lumpkin J.
By the Court.
delivering the opinion.
We see nothing in the record in this case, which would authorize the inference, that the services rendered, by the ¡plaintiff to the defendant, were a gratuity; and to make this assumption the ground of a charge to the jury. Nor is it true, that the right of the plaintiff to compensation is to be tested by his intention. He may not have intended charging for his services. Still, if he did not communicate that intension, but kept it to himself, it will constitute no bar to this suit. He might contract to serve for a salary, and yet secretly…
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