Dillon v. McRae
Supreme Court of Georgia
Partnership Contracts. Usury. Charge of the Court. Before Judge Schley. Chatham Superior Court. May Term, 1869. Dillon brought assumpsit in the City Court of Savannah against McRae & Wilcox, composed of said McRae and one Wilcox, upon two promissory notes, dated the 9th and 11th of July, 1867, respectively, for $530 00 and $430 00, respectively, signed “McRae & Wilcox,” payable to the order of Watts & McRae, and endorsed “ Watts & McRae,” in blank, due thirty days after…
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Partnership Contracts. Usury. Charge of the Court. Before Judge Schley. Chatham Superior Court. May Term, 1869. Dillon brought assumpsit in the City Court of Savannah against McRae & Wilcox, composed of said McRae and one Wilcox, upon two promissory notes, dated the 9th and 11th of July, 1867, respectively, for $530 00 and $430 00, respectively, signed “McRae & Wilcox,” payable to the order of Watts & McRae, and endorsed “ Watts & McRae,” in blank, due thirty days after date, and upon an open account for money laid out ■ for the use of McRae & Wilcox, which seems to be the same as that for…
1Opinion of the CourtBrown, C. J.
There were several rulings of the Judge of the City Court complained of in this case in the Superior Court. But Judge Schley confined his judgment to the third and fourth grounds, which were in these words: Third, because the. Judge erred in charging that the law, as laid down in the case of Boardman vs. Grafton, page 330, volume 15, Massachusetts Reports, was the law of this case. Fourth, because the Judge erred in charging the jury that Dillon could recover of McRae, on an usurious contract made between Dillon and Wilcox without McRae’s knowledge or ratification.
We do not think the Judge of…
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