Akridge v. Watertown Steam Engine Co.
Supreme Court of Georgia
New Trial. Practice in Superior Court. Certiorari. Before Judge Hutchins. Walton Superior Court. August Term, 1885. Reported in the decision.
1Opinion of the Court
Jackson, Chief Justice.
The plaintiff in error was sued for balance due on a note, amounting to $26.30, that sum being interest from the date of the note at 8 per cent. He pleaded non est factum, alleging that the interest was to be paid from the maturity and not from the date of the note, and that the words, “with interest from date at 8 per cent.,” were not in the note, when he signed it, and therefore the note is not his act and deed. The jury in the justice court found for the' plaintiff in error. On certiorari to the superior court, the. case was remanded for a new trial in the justice…
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