Hartridge v. Wesson
Supreme Court of Georgia
Motion for a new trial and in arrest of Judgment, from Chat-ham Superior Court, May term, 1847. This action was founded on a bill of exchange, dated Savannah, May 18th, 1842, drawn by C. F. and J. L. Smith, on Messrs. Henry Coit & Co., New York, in favor of Charles Hartridge, or order, for $941/7\, and indorsed^y Charles Hartridge, who was the defendant in the suit below.
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Motion for a new trial and in arrest of Judgment, from Chat-ham Superior Court, May term, 1847. This action was founded on a bill of exchange, dated Savannah, May 18th, 1842, drawn by C. F. and J. L. Smith, on Messrs. Henry Coit & Co., New York, in favor of Charles Hartridge, or order, for $941/7\, and indorsed^y Charles Hartridge, who was the defendant in the suit below. The Bill was noted for non-acceptance at New York, 24th May, 1842. On the trial of the cause, there was a verdict for the plaintiffs, and a motion made for a new trial on various grounds, all of which were overruled by the…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court.
Warner, J.
delivering the opinion.
It appears from the record in this case, that suit was instituted against the defendant below, as the indorser of a bill of exchange drawn in the' City of Savannah, by C. F. and J. L. Smith* on *102Messrs. Henry Coit & Co., New York, for the sum of$941T\2¥. On the trial of the cause, there was a verdict for the plaintiffs, and a motion for a new trial on several grounds, and also a motion in arrest of judgment, both of which were overruled by the court below; whereupon the defendant excepted and now assigns the same for error in this court.
The court…
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