Wood v. Bank of Georgia
Supreme Court of Florida
EseoS from Franklin County. His Honor Judge Douglas, presided at the trial of’this ease, at the Fall Term, 1845, of Franklin Circuit Court. Assumpsit on a Bill of Exchange, of which the following is a copy s “ Apalachicola, 6 Feb., 1844,; ■' Exchange for $8,500. Ninety days after sight of this first of Exchange second unpaid, pay to the order of ourselves, eight thousand five hundred dollars, value received, and charge the same to account as advised.
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EseoS from Franklin County. His Honor Judge Douglas, presided at the trial of’this ease, at the Fall Term, 1845, of Franklin Circuit Court. Assumpsit on a Bill of Exchange, of which the following is a copy s “ Apalachicola, 6 Feb., 1844,; ■' Exchange for $8,500. Ninety days after sight of this first of Exchange second unpaid, pay to the order of ourselves, eight thousand five hundred dollars, value received, and charge the same to account as advised. “ Your obedient servants, “D. B. WOOD To Messrs. Buck & Co., New York.” Endorsed on face; “ Feb. 21, 1844 — Buck & Co.” Endorsed : u D. B. Wood…
1Opinion of the Court
Macrae, J.,
delivered the following opinion:
This case comes up by writ of error, from the judgment of the Circuit Court of Franklin County, rendered in an action of assumpsit brought by the Bank of the State of Georgia against D. B. Wood & Co., merchants, &c., to recover the amount of a bill of exchange drawn by the defendants and endorsed to the plaintiffs.
The declaration contains a special count on a bill of exchange for $8,500 drawn by defendants, and the usual money counts. Judgment went by default and damages were duly assessed by a jury under a writ of enquiry.
There is no bill of…
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