Bank of Lavonia v. Bush
Supreme Court of Georgia
Complaint. Before Judge Meadow. Franklin superior court. August 31, 1912. The Bank of Lavonia, a corporation located in Franklin county, Georgia, instituted an action in the superior court of that county upon a negotiable promissory note against George F. Bush as principal, the Ulaca Company, a corporation of the county of Fulton, as indorser, and Moorefield & Bishop, a partnership of Fulton county, as sureties.
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Complaint. Before Judge Meadow. Franklin superior court. August 31, 1912. The Bank of Lavonia, a corporation located in Franklin county, Georgia, instituted an action in the superior court of that county upon a negotiable promissory note against George F. Bush as principal, the Ulaca Company, a corporation of the county of Fulton, as indorser, and Moorefield & Bishop, a partnership of Fulton county, as sureties. The note was dated February 16, 1910, and due December 16, 1910. It was signed by Bush as maker, was payable to the order of the Ulaca Company, and recited the .consideration “for…
1Opinion of the CourtAtkinson, J.
1. The general grounds are not referred to in the brief of counsel for plaintiff in error, and will be treated as abandoned.
2. The fourth, fifth, and sixth grounds of the amended motion for new trial complain of the admission of the testimony of the defendant, to the effect that the company guaranteed him a specified dividend, and if it was not paid his note would be returned, and that if he became dissatisfied at any time before the note became due, the company would return his note and take up the stock. The objection urged to the admissibility of the testimony was that it was irrelevant…
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