Whigham v. Pickett
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Barbour. Tried before the Hon. J. MoCaleb Wiley. Suit by Charles Pickett against W. A. Whigham and H. G. Glover, on a promissory note, of which the following is a copy : “ One day after date, we, or either of us, promise to pay Charles Pickett, or bearer, three hundred and sixty-eight dollars and eight cents in specie, with interest, from the 1st day of September last, for value received of him.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Barbour. Tried before the Hon. J. MoCaleb Wiley. Suit by Charles Pickett against W. A. Whigham and H. G. Glover, on a promissory note, of which the following is a copy : “ One day after date, we, or either of us, promise to pay Charles Pickett, or bearer, three hundred and sixty-eight dollars and eight cents in specie, with interest, from the 1st day of September last, for value received of him. January 30th, 1866. W. A. Whigham, H. G. Glover.” The case was tried on the 16th day of November, 1868, the appellee recovering judgment against the appellants for…
1Opinion of the CourtPeck, C. J.
This was a suit in the circuit court of *143Barbour county, and founded upon a promissory note, made in tbe year 1866, and not stamped at tbe time it was made.
It was offered to be read to tbe jury in that condition, and was rejected on the objection of the appellants, defendants in the court below. The plaintiff then, against the objection of the defendants, obtained the leave of the court to stamp the note in the presence of the court, and after it was so stamped, again offered to read the note to the jury. The defendants objected, their objection was overruled, the note was read to the jury,…
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