Barnes v. Banks

A bank sued A and B as makers, and C and D as indorsers on several promissory notes given by A and B to C and D for the balance of the purchase-price of certain machinery. The payees in the notes, O and D, indorsed them to the bank. The action was brought in the superior court of Jones county, where the petition alleged they resided. It was further alleged that one of the indorsers was a resident of Fulton county, and the other resided in DeKalb county. The makers answered, and at the trial term the case was continued as to the bank and the makers. The makers filed a “ cross-petition,” the…