Harrison v. Powers
Supreme Court of Georgia
Contracts. Sunday. Charge of Court. Bankruptcy Evidence. Practice in Superior Court. Witness. Criminal Law. Constitutional Law. Before Judge Hammond. Fulton Superior Court.
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Contracts. Sunday. Charge of Court. Bankruptcy Evidence. Practice in Superior Court. Witness. Criminal Law. Constitutional Law. Before Judge Hammond. Fulton Superior Court. March Term, 1885. J. M. Ball brought suit, March 14th, 1876, against Henry R. Powers, in Fulton superior court, on two acceptances, each for $5,000, dated November 27th, 1875, drawn by West, Edwards & Co. on Henry R. Powers and accepted by him, payable sixty and ninety days after date, and endorsed by Shelton Edwards and West, Edwards & Co. J. M. Ball having died, Z. D. Harrison and E. P. Miller, his executors, were made…
1Opinion of the Court
Hall, Justice.
The questions upon which this case must turn relate to the validity of Ball’s title to the papers sued on, and to the defendant’s satisfaction of the same by making payment thereof either to Ball or to the assignees in bankruptcy of West, Edwards & Co., from whom the goods were purchased, for which the papers were given by defendant, as it was alleged, on the eve of the bankruptcy of Wesf, Edwards & Co.
1. It is contended that the acceptances in question were not only had on Sunday, but were transferred to Ball on that day. The papers show from their date that they were made on a…
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