Carlisle v. Hill
Supreme Court of Alabama
Error to the Circuit Court of Dallas. Tried before the Hon. Geo. W. Stone. This was an action by the plaintiff against the defendant in error as the drawer of a bill of exchange for $5,500, drawn on and accepted by William Bower & Co., in favor of A. W. Coleman, and by him endorsed, payable at the Bank of Mobile.
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Error to the Circuit Court of Dallas. Tried before the Hon. Geo. W. Stone. This was an action by the plaintiff against the defendant in error as the drawer of a bill of exchange for $5,500, drawn on and accepted by William Bower & Co., in favor of A. W. Coleman, and by him endorsed, payable at the Bank of Mobile. The material facts disclosed by the bill of exceptions are, that the plaintiff lent William Bower & Co. $4,500, and received the bill of exchange in suit, dated on the same day, and payable nine months after date. It appears by the pro of, that Hill & Coleman were in the habit from…
1Opinion of the CourtChilton, J.
This was an action of assumpsit by the plaintiff in error against the defendant as the drawer of a bill of exchange, for the sum of five thousand five hundred dollars, drawn on William Bower & Co. and by them accepted, payable to A. W. Coleman or order, at the Bank of Mobile, and by him endorsed to the plaintiff. Many special pleas were interposed by the defendant, avering among other things fraud in the execution of the bill — want of consideration, usury, &c., but as no question arises upon the pleadings, it will be unnecessary to state them more particularljc
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