Legal Opinion

Farrar v. Bank of New York

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided April 28, 1892PublishedCited by 8 opinions

Promissory note. Accommodation indorsement. Coil-1 sideration. Negotiable instrument. Before'Judge Van Epps. City court of Atlanta.

1Opinion of the Court

Bleckley, Chief Justice.

Two separate cases are governed by the same principle. In both of them the bank was the plaintiff-below. In one the suit was against Farrar as maker and Jones as indorser; in the other the suit w;as against Jones alone as maker. In each of them the court directed a verdict for the plaintiff. On the undisputed facts this direction would have been correct if the sealed notes declared upon and the indorsements thereon had been Georgia contracts, for in that event they would have been negotiable, and the plaintiff" being a bona fide holder for value and acquiring title…

2Cited by8 opinions

  1. Rheney v. AndersonCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1918
  2. Van Dyke v. Van DykeSupreme Court of Georgia · 1905
  3. Crothers v. National BankCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1930
  4. Watkins v. WoodberyCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1919
  5. Mayer v. ThomasSupreme Court of Georgia · 1896

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