Legal Opinion
Brill v. Jewett
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided February 10, 1920No. 3473PublishedCited by 10 opinions
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of Florida; Rhydon M. Call, Judge. Action by Rouis Brill against Mary B. Jewett and another as executrices of Florence E. Inman, deceased. Judgment for defendants on demurrer, and plaintiff brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
WALKER, Circuit Judge.
This was an action by the plaintiff in error, suing as indorsee, against the defendants in error, the personal representatives .of Florence E. Inman, deceased, on an instrument of which the following is a copy:
“$15,000.00.
Tampa, Fla., April 3, 1911.
“On demand after date we promise to pay to the order of the Swann & Holtsinger Company, fifteen thousand dollars with interest after maturity' at the rate of eight per cent, per annum until pai.d, for value received, negotiable and payable at any bank in Tampa, Florida, and if not paid at maturity, this note may be placed in…
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