Smith v. Lawson
West Virginia Supreme Court
Writ of error and supersedeas to a judgment of the circuit court of the county of Kanawha, rendered on the 10th day oí June, 1873, in an action at law therein pending, in which Benjamin H. Smith was plaintiff, and Anthony Lawson and James A. Nighbert were defendants, allowed upon the petition of said Lawson. Hon. Joseph Smith, judge of the seventh judicial circuit, rendered the judgment complained of. Green, Judge, furnishes the following statement of the case: Benj.
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Writ of error and supersedeas to a judgment of the circuit court of the county of Kanawha, rendered on the 10th day oí June, 1873, in an action at law therein pending, in which Benjamin H. Smith was plaintiff, and Anthony Lawson and James A. Nighbert were defendants, allowed upon the petition of said Lawson. Hon. Joseph Smith, judge of the seventh judicial circuit, rendered the judgment complained of. Green, Judge, furnishes the following statement of the case: Benj. Smith as endorser of James A. Nighbert brought an action of debt in the circuit court of Kanawha county against Anthony Lawson,…
1Judgment of the CourtGreen, Judge
If we assume, that James C. McFarland, the president of the Branch-Bank of Virginia at Charleston, had authority to make the assignment on January 1,1864, of the note sued on in this case; and that on January 25, 1865, II. J. Miller, the teller of the Bank of Virginia at Richmond, had'authority to receive payment of this note, then the recprd in this case shows *223substantially, that on June 28, 1861, Anthony Lawson made his note negotiable and payable at the office of the Branch-Bank of Virginia at Charleston ninety days after its date for $2,578.50 payable to the order of James A. Nighbert. It…
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