Grand Lodge v. Waddill
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Dallas. Tried before the Hon. Nat. Cook. This action was brought by the “ Most W orshipful Grand Lodge of Ancient Free-masons of Alabama, and its Masonic Jurisdiction,” against "William Waddill, Jr., Abner Jones, George P. Blevins, John M. Strong, and Wesley Plattenburg; and was founded on the defendants’ promissory note, of which the following is a copy : “ Selma, March 8th, 185.1. “ $2,753 75. Twelve months after date, we promise to pay to…
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Dallas. Tried before the Hon. Nat. Cook. This action was brought by the “ Most W orshipful Grand Lodge of Ancient Free-masons of Alabama, and its Masonic Jurisdiction,” against "William Waddill, Jr., Abner Jones, George P. Blevins, John M. Strong, and Wesley Plattenburg; and was founded on the defendants’ promissory note, of which the following is a copy : “ Selma, March 8th, 185.1. “ $2,753 75. Twelve months after date, we promise to pay to the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of Ancient Free-masons of Alabama and its Masonic Jurisdiction the sura of two thousand…
1Opinion of the CourtA. J. Walker, C. J.
The defendants and George P. Blevins, as to whom the suit abated in consequence of his death, executed their promissory note for the consideration of money loaned by the plaintiff The recovery of the money was resisted, upon the ground that the plaintiff had no authority to make a loan of money; and the court below, by its charge, sustained the defense. We are constrained by our convictions of the law to approve the charge.
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