Legal Opinion
Glover v. Robbins
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided January 15, 1873PublishedCited by 5 opinions
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Marengo. Tried before the Hon. James Q. Smith.
1Opinion of the CourtPeters, J.
— This is an action on a promissory note, by the payee against the maker. The note offered in evidence to the jury is in the following words, that is to say: —
“ Five years after date, or sooner, should a treaty of peace be ratified between the Confederate States and the United States, we, or either of us, promise to pay, in specie, to Josiah Robbins, or order, six thousand five hundred dollars, with interest at four per cent.
“ (Signed) M. W. Creah.
“ October 10, 1864. E. A. Glover.
“ Witness, P. D. Porniss.”
The complaint consists of several counts, but the defence involves but a single point;…
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