Pierce, Butler & Co. v. Jones
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before CARPENTER, J., at Edgefield,1 November Term> 1875. « This was an action by J. J. Pierce, Butler & Co. against Thomas Jones & Son to recover the amount alleged to be due on two promissory notes given by the defendants to the plaintiffs — one for $4,000, dated March 17th, 1873, and payable on the 1st day of November thereafter, and the other for $5,820.08, dated March 16th, 18,74, and payable fifteen days after date.
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Before CARPENTER, J., at Edgefield,1 November Term> 1875. « This was an action by J. J. Pierce, Butler & Co. against Thomas Jones & Son to recover the amount alleged to be due on two promissory notes given by the defendants to the plaintiffs — one for $4,000, dated March 17th, 1873, and payable on the 1st day of November thereafter, and the other for $5,820.08, dated March 16th, 18,74, and payable fifteen days after date. In the complaint it was admitted that there was a credit on March 28th, 1874, on the last mentioned note of $2,471.13. The defendants by their answer admitted the execution…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Moses, C. J.
This was an action on two several promissory notes drawn by the respondents in favor of the appellants — one for $4,000, dated 17th March, 1873, payable 1st March following; the other for $5,820.03, dated 16th March, 1874, payable fifteen days after date. The last was the aggregate of open accounts and small drafts due before 14th February, 1874, and is, alike with the first, subject to the operation of the alleged agreement to be hereafter referred to. •
On the 14th February, 1874, the said J. J. Pierce, Butler & Co., with other creditors…
2Cited by1 opinion
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