Logan v. Sumter
Supreme Court of Georgia
Debt, from Floyd county. Tried before Judge Hammond, at August Term, 1858. The facts of this case are as follows: In 1838, T. W. A. Sumter made his note for a thousand dollars, payable, sixty days after date, to the order of James M. Sumter. The note was endorsed by James M. Sumter, and finally by Jacob Stroup, to whom it had been endorsed, to Benjamin F. Patton. The parties at the time, all resided in Habersham county.
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Debt, from Floyd county. Tried before Judge Hammond, at August Term, 1858. The facts of this case are as follows: In 1838, T. W. A. Sumter made his note for a thousand dollars, payable, sixty days after date, to the order of James M. Sumter. The note was endorsed by James M. Sumter, and finally by Jacob Stroup, to whom it had been endorsed, to Benjamin F. Patton. The parties at the time, all resided in Habersham county. Patton brought seperate suits on the note against the maker and endorsers, and in 1834 or 1835, recovered judgments respectively against them, and issued executions. Stroup,…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court.
McDonald, J.,
delivering the opinion.
The action of the court below was brought to recover money which, it was alleged, was paid without consideration.- The plaintiff in error became possessed of an execution, issued on a judgment obtained in Habersham superior court, in favor of B. F. Patton against the defendant in error, on the indorsement of a note of one thousand dollars, made by T. W. A. Sumter, and indorsed by several persons, and among them Jacob Stroup, who was the last indorser. The maker and endorsers were all sued in seperate actions by Patton, the holder; and Jacob…
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