First Nat. Bk. of Hartsville v. Wood
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before DeVore, J., Darlington, Fall term, 1916. Action by the First National Bank of Hartsville, S. C.r against D. E. Wood, W. B. Gay, I. M. Johnson and others.. Judgment for plaintiff, and the named defendants appeal.. cite: As to alteration of note after delivery: 32 S. C. 238; 91 S. C. 138; 2d Am. & Eng. Ency. of Daw 183; 91 S. C. .135; Joyce on Defenses' to Commercial Paper, sec-161; 2d Corpus Juris 1206; 8 Corpus Juris 728; 23 L. R. A. 599; 37 Am. Rep. 68; 10 Amer.
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Before DeVore, J., Darlington, Fall term, 1916. Action by the First National Bank of Hartsville, S. C.r against D. E. Wood, W. B. Gay, I. M. Johnson and others.. Judgment for plaintiff, and the named defendants appeal.. cite: As to alteration of note after delivery: 32 S. C. 238; 91 S. C. 138; 2d Am. & Eng. Ency. of Daw 183; 91 S. C. .135; Joyce on Defenses' to Commercial Paper, sec-161; 2d Corpus Juris 1206; 8 Corpus Juris 728; 23 L. R. A. 599; 37 Am. Rep. 68; 10 Amer. St. Rep. 238; 86 Amer. StRep. 95-107; Brannon’s Negotiable Instrument Law 127,. notes, secs. 124 and 125; Dudley 243 ; 81…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Chirr Justice Gary.
This is an action on a promissory note, of which the following is a copy:
“The People’s Bank, Hartsville, S. C. $500.00. Harts-ville, S. C., Oct. 8, 1914. Jan. 1, 1915, after date I promise to pay to the order of C. McDonald, or bearer, at the Peoples Bank, Hartsville, S. C., five hundred dollars, with discount before and interest after maturity at the rate of-per cent, per annum, and attorney’s commission at usual rate upon amount unpaid, in case of suit or collection through an *72attorney. Value received. No... Jan. 1st, 1915. Due…
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