Legal Opinion

M. J. Atkins & Co. v. Cobb

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided January 15, 1876PublishedCited by 23 opinions

Pleadings. Indorsement. Negotiable instruments. Sales. Presumptions. Warranty. Evidence. Before Judge Tompkins. Randolph Superior Court. May Term, 1875. Reported in the opinion.

1Opinion of the Court

Bleckley, Judge.

1. The action was against the acceptors-upon a bill of exchange, and was in the short form allowed by the Code, section 3391. The bill was payable to the order of the drawers, and no indorsement by them was alleged or set out in the body of the declaration. A copy of the bill as accepted, and a copy of an indorsement thereon by the payees to the plaintiffs were annexed to the declaration, and these, we think, constituted a part of the declaration itself. Our brief statutory declarations are not intended to be complete without full copies of the instruments declared upon, and…

2Cited by23 opinions

  1. Henderson Elevator Co. v. North Georgia Milling Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1906
  2. Miller & Co. v. Moore, Sims & Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1889
  3. Union Selling Co. v. JonesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1904
  4. Haug v. RileySupreme Court of Georgia · 1897
  5. Cook & Co. v. FinchSupreme Court of Georgia · 1903

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