Buck v. Little & Nance
Court of Appeals of Mississippi
In error from the circuit court of Holmes county; Hon. Robert C. Perry, judge. The opinion of the court contains the facts of the case. cited and commented on 2 How. 769 ; Hutch. Code, 642, 463, art. 5; Chitty on Bills, 207; lb. 318; lb. 258, 259; Anderson v. Tarpley, 6 S. & M. 507.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Yerger
This was an action of assumpsit against the drawer of an inland bill of exchange. The bill was not protested; but it was proved that it was drawn without authority, and that the *464drawer had no right to expect that it would be accepted or paid. On this evidence, the jury found a verdict against the defendant for the principal and interest of the bill. This verdict was right. It appears from a bill of exceptions, that after the verdict, upon motion of the plaintiff, the court added five per cent, to the amount of the verdict, and gave judgment for the amount of the verdict, and the five per…
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