Crawford v. Branch Bank at Mobile
Supreme Court of Alabama
Writ of error to the Circuit Court of Mobile. MotioN by the Bank, under the statute, against Crawford and David Files, for judgment for the amount of a promissory note, made by them and one R. G. Gordon, on the 31st of March, 1841, for 3,817 50-1.00 dollars, negotiable and payable at the said Bank, two hundred and fifteen days after date, payable to B. Gayle, cashier, or order.
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Writ of error to the Circuit Court of Mobile. MotioN by the Bank, under the statute, against Crawford and David Files, for judgment for the amount of a promissory note, made by them and one R. G. Gordon, on the 31st of March, 1841, for 3,817 50-1.00 dollars, negotiable and payable at the said Bank, two hundred and fifteen days after date, payable to B. Gayle, cashier, or order. The defendants appeared, a jury was called, and sworn, to try the issue joined between the parties, and a verdict was returned upon which judgment was entered. No issue is found in the transcript, but a bill of…
1Opinion of the CourtGoldthwaite, J.
— The judgment of reversal which was given a few days since in this case, must be set aside, as it was grounded on the first assignment of error, and as to that our attention has been since called- to an a,ct, approved the 4th December, 1841, which provides, “that all notes, bills, bonds, or other evidences of debt held by the State Bank, or Branch Banks, payable to the cashier, or the person- who has filled the office of cashier, of said Bank, or Branch Banks, may be sued and collected in the name of the several Banks, in the' same- manner, as if they had been made payable directly to the…
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