Saul v. Southern Seating & Cabinet Co.
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Complaint, from city court of Atlanta — Judge Eeid. April 1, 1909. The Southern Seating & Cabinet Company brought suit against J. Saul and Nathan Wolfe on three promissory notes, all of the same tenor, except that one was due two months, one four months, and one six months after date.
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Complaint, from city court of Atlanta — Judge Eeid. April 1, 1909. The Southern Seating & Cabinet Company brought suit against J. Saul and Nathan Wolfe on three promissory notes, all of the same tenor, except that one was due two months, one four months, and one six months after date. It will be sufficient to copy the material parts of only one of them, viz.: “$250.00. Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 13, 1907. For value received, two months after date we promise to pay to the order of Southern Seating and Cabinet Co. two hundred and fifty dollars, without interest. The consideration of this and other…
1Opinion of the CourtPowell, J.
(After stating the foregoing facts.) Since the notes are under seal, and since they do not on their faces disclose any principal for whom the signers could be construed to be acting as agents, they are to be taken as the individaul .act and deed .of Saul and Wolfe, and the words “pres.” and “secy.” following their respective names will be looked upon as mere descriptio personas. May we say, in passing, that the principle of construing as mere descriptio personas such words as “agent,” “administrator,” “president,” “secretary,” “trustee,” “director,” “manager,” etc., when appended to…
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