Rockdale Paper Mills v. Stevens
Supreme Court of Georgia
Non-suit. Verdict. Jurors. New trial. Before Judge SPEER. Rockdale Superior Court. February Term, 1880. Stevens brought complaint against the Rockdale Paper Mill on the following note : “ One day after date I promise to pay to John Stevens, or bearer, five hundred and eleven dollars and twenty-four gents for labor, with interest at one per cent, per month. February 10th, 1875. (Signed) “B. N. McNight, Agent, Per A. H. Zachry.”
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Non-suit. Verdict. Jurors. New trial. Before Judge SPEER. Rockdale Superior Court. February Term, 1880. Stevens brought complaint against the Rockdale Paper Mill on the following note : “ One day after date I promise to pay to John Stevens, or bearer, five hundred and eleven dollars and twenty-four gents for labor, with interest at one per cent, per month. February 10th, 1875. (Signed) “B. N. McNight, Agent, Per A. H. Zachry.” There were certain credits on the note, not material here. The defendant pleaded the general issue and recoupment. The latter plea was to the effect that Stevens was…
1Opinion of the Court
Jackson, Chief Justice.
This cause came before the superior court as a suit brought on a promissory note, whereupon the jury found for the plaintiff, a motion was made for a new trial, it was denied defendant, and it excepted.
1. The first ground is that the court erred in admitting the note in evidence, and in refusing to non-suit the plaintiff. It would have been better, perhaps, if the court had required proof that the person who signed the note was the agent of the Rockdale Paper Mills Company—the same being signed only by a person as agent and. not designating for whom he was agent—and for…
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