Hood v. Robbins
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Selma City Court. Tried before the Hon. J ON. HaralsoN. This action was brought to the June Term, 1891, of the City Court, against Robbins & Smith, a partnership, as in-dorsers of a promissory note made by the H. C. ICeeble Company, a corporation, payable to the plaintiff on demand, at the Commercial Bank of Selma, and which bore date, November. 18th, 1890. The complaint alleges demand upon the maker, refusal of payment, protest and notice to tbe defendant…
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Appeal from Selma City Court. Tried before the Hon. J ON. HaralsoN. This action was brought to the June Term, 1891, of the City Court, against Robbins & Smith, a partnership, as in-dorsers of a promissory note made by the H. C. ICeeble Company, a corporation, payable to the plaintiff on demand, at the Commercial Bank of Selma, and which bore date, November. 18th, 1890. The complaint alleges demand upon the maker, refusal of payment, protest and notice to tbe defendant indorsers. Tbe defendants answered by pleas setting np a failure by tbe payee to give due notice to defendants of tbe refusal…
1Opinion of the CourtColeman, J.
It appears to,us that a mere statement of tbe facts of this case is sufficient to justify tbe ruling of tbe trial court upon tbe questions assigned as error.
H. C. Keeble & Co., for a past due indebtedness, executed tbeir negotiable promissory note to plaintiff, Hood, payable on demand, for tbe amount of said past indebtedness. Some thirty days after tbe execution of tbis note, tbe defendants, Bobbins & Smith, indorsed tbe same in blank, and when thus indorsed, tbe note was re-delivered to plaintiff. There was no consideration for tbe indorsement of tbe note by Bobbins & Smith, and none…
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