First Nat. Bk. of Hartsville v. Wood
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before DeVore, J., Darlington, Fall term, 1916. Action by the First National Bank of Hartsville, S. C.r against D. E. Wood, W. B. Gay, I. M. Johnson and others.. Judgment for plaintiff, and the named defendants appeal.. cite: As to alteration of note after delivery: 32 S. C. 238; 91 S. C. 138; 2d Am. & Eng. Ency. of Daw 183; 91 S. C. .135; Joyce on Defenses' to Commercial Paper, sec-161; 2d Corpus Juris 1206; 8 Corpus Juris 728; 23 L. R. A. 599; 37 Am. Rep. 68; 10 Amer.
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Before DeVore, J., Darlington, Fall term, 1916. Action by the First National Bank of Hartsville, S. C.r against D. E. Wood, W. B. Gay, I. M. Johnson and others.. Judgment for plaintiff, and the named defendants appeal.. cite: As to alteration of note after delivery: 32 S. C. 238; 91 S. C. 138; 2d Am. & Eng. Ency. of Daw 183; 91 S. C. .135; Joyce on Defenses' to Commercial Paper, sec-161; 2d Corpus Juris 1206; 8 Corpus Juris 728; 23 L. R. A. 599; 37 Am. Rep. 68; 10 Amer. St. Rep. 238; 86 Amer. StRep. 95-107; Brannon’s Negotiable Instrument Law 127,. notes, secs. 124 and 125; Dudley 243 ; 81…
1DissentJustice Watts
I must dissent to the opinion of Chief Justice Gary herein. I think his Honor, the Circuit Judge, correctly laid down the law, and that the exceptions should be overruled, and the judgment affirmed. The maker of the note sued on and the indorsers' signed the note with intent to have some one discount it. A't that time the *77maker expected to get C. McDonald to discount the. note. After the maker and indorsers had signed the note and left it with the maker, he inserted the name of McDonald as payee. When he approached McDonald, he declined to discount the note. The maker then went to the…
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