May v. Jones
Supreme Court of Georgia
Libel. Protest of acceptance. Bank officers. Notary public. Pleadings and practice. Before Judge "Van Epps. City court of Atlanta. March term, 1891. Reported in the decision.
1Opinion of the Court
Lumpkin, Justice.
May brought his action of libel against Jones and the *309Merchants Bank of Atlanta, for damages to his credit and standing as a business man, by reason of a certain draft being protested for non-payment by said Jones who was a 'notary public and also an employee and agent of the bank. The defendants joined in a demurrer to the declaration on the grounds that there was no cause of action set out as for a libel; that there was no cause of action set out as for a wrongful protest; and that the bank was not liable for the acts of Jones under the allegations in the declaration. The…
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