Dow Law Bank v. Godfrey

This action is based upon two-promissory notes — one for $2,000, and one for $1,000— given in July, 1895. The notes are in the same form, the first one being as follows:

“$2,000.00 Fort Valley, Ga., July 18, 1895.

“ Thirty days after date, I promise to pay to the Dow Law Bank, or order, two thousand and no one-hundredths dollars, for value received, payable at said bank, with interest from maturity at the rate of eight per cent, per annum, with all costs of collection, including ten per cent, attorney’s fees.

“And each of us, whether maker, security, or indorser on this note, hereby waives and…