Chattanooga Stove Co. v. Adams
Supreme Court of Georgia
Assignments. Eraud. Executor de son tort. Before Judge John T. Clarke. Clay superior court.. September term, 1887. The Chattanooga Stove Company sued D. C. Adams, as executor de son tort of C. L. Laney, on a promissory note given the plaintiff by Laney.
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Assignments. Eraud. Executor de son tort. Before Judge John T. Clarke. Clay superior court.. September term, 1887. The Chattanooga Stove Company sued D. C. Adams, as executor de son tort of C. L. Laney, on a promissory note given the plaintiff by Laney. The defendant pleaded the general issue; also other matters of defence which will sufficiently appear in the statement of the evidence introduced on the trial, which was as follows : The plaintiff introduced the note, dated September 20, 1885, due December 15, 1885, for $159.44; also a deed of assignment made by C. L. Laney to D. C. Adams;…
1Opinion of the Court
Simmons, Justice.
Only two questions were made in this case in the *324court below, which were decided against the plaintiff-in error there and are brought here for review: (1). whether the assignment set out in this record was valid or invalid; and (2) whether, if it was invalid, Adams,the assignee, was liable as executor de son tort. The court below held that the assignment was valid; and that if it was not, Adams was not liable as executor de son tort, and nonsuited the plaintiff. While we are inclined to think that this assignment was void, according to the decisions of this court in…
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