Hamilton v. Grangers' Life & Health Insurance
Supreme Court of Georgia
Pleadings. Recoupment. Set-off. Promissory notes. Before Judge UNDERWOOD. Floyd Superior Court. March Term, 1880. * Reported in the decision.
1Opinion of the Court
Crawford, Justice.
The Grangers’ Life Insurance Company, which sues for the use of F. E. Davidson, brought suit on a non-negotiable promissory note for five hundred dollars, made by D. B. Hamilton, on the eighth day of October, 1877, and payable to said company.
Pleas of set-off and recoupment were filed by the defendant, which were stricken on demurrer, and he excepted*.
The facts set up and relied upon by these pleas were, that in August, 1875, the defendant was induced by the false and fraudulent representations of the plaintiff, its agents and officers, to subscribe and pay over two hundred…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Grangers' Insurance v. TurnerSupreme Court of Georgia · 1878
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