Legal Opinion

Hall v. Capital Bank

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided October 23, 1883PublishedCited by 7 opinions

Promissory Notes. Negotiable Instruments. Principal and Indorser. Contracts. Before Judge Carswell. Bibb Superior Court. April Term, 1883. Reported in the decision.

1Opinion of the Court

Blandford, Justice.

The Capital Bank brought an action upon the following paper, viz:

$325.50

Macon, Ga., July 12, 1880.

Thirty days after date I promise to pay to the order of L. W. Eas- • dal, agent, three hundred and twenty-five dollars' and 50-100 dollars at Capital Bank, Macon, Ga., value received.

(Signed.) Eoland B. Hall.

(Indorsed.) L. W. Easdal, Agent.” '

The defendant, Hall, pleaded that he was only a security on the note; that the note was made for the benefit of *716Rasdal, who discounted it at plaintiff’s bank; that Hall got no part of the proceeds from-the bank; when the note fell due, it…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Boynton v. TwittySupreme Court of Georgia · 1874
  2. Stewart v. ParkerSupreme Court of Georgia · 1876

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Rheney v. AndersonCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1918
  2. Buck v. Bank of StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1898
  3. Bank of Lumpkin County v. JustusSupreme Court of Georgia · 1920
  4. Williams v. Peoples Bank of SummitCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1911
  5. Cheshire v. HightowerCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1925

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