Legal Opinion
Smith v. Jones
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Decided June 22, 1867PublishedCited by 4 opinions
CASE 22 — PETITION ORDINARY APPEAL PROM KELSON CIRCUIT COURT. CITED— Story on Bills of Exchange, secs. 311, 367 to 369, 280, 308, 461. Story on Promissory Notes, secs. 487, 489, and notes, 492, 498, and notes. 6 Cowan’s R., 490 ; Murray vs. Judah. 10 Wendell, 304. 13 Wendell, 540. 6 Hill (N. '¥.), 174.' 4 Kent’s Commentaries, p. 549, note *, 4th ed.
1Opinion of the Court
JUDGE ROBERTSON
delivered the opinion oe the court:
The appellants sued the appellee on the following check drawn at Corinth, Mississippi:
“ April 12th, 1862.
“Citizens’ Bank of Louisiana, pay to Smith & Campbell, or order, nineteen hundred and twenty-five dollars. $1,925.
“ D. W. Jones.”
On which the following credit is indorsed :
“ Received on this check one hundred and twenty-five dollars, April 15th, 1862.
“ Smith & Campbell.”
The petition alleged that the consideration of the check was an equivalent loan of money, and that the check was presented at the said bank on the 13th of January, 1863, for…
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