Blow v. White
Supreme Court of Georgia
Scaling Ordinance. Confederate Currency. Bill of Exceptions. Before Judge Robenson. Jones Superior Court. October Term, 1869, Blow sued Ada C. White, as executrix of Joseph C. White, upon Joseph C. White’s promissory note for $4,000, made on the 5th of January, 1865, due the 1st of January, 1866, and “payable in the currency of the country when due.” There was a plea of the loss of property by the war,-under the Relief Act, but it was not insisted upon.
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Scaling Ordinance. Confederate Currency. Bill of Exceptions. Before Judge Robenson. Jones Superior Court. October Term, 1869, Blow sued Ada C. White, as executrix of Joseph C. White, upon Joseph C. White’s promissory note for $4,000, made on the 5th of January, 1865, due the 1st of January, 1866, and “payable in the currency of the country when due.” There was a plea of the loss of property by the war,-under the Relief Act, but it was not insisted upon. She also pleaded that the consideration of the note was Confederate treasury notes loaned, and praye'd that plaintiff have judgment for only…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court—
BROWN, C. J.,
delivering the opinion.
We can not say that the Judge on the trial of this case gave the Ordinance of 186S in charge to the jury as distinctly as it should have been done. But we hold that the defendant was the party who had a right to complain. As the jury found the specie value of the Confederate notes at the time of the loan, we think substantial justice has been done.
If the charge is wrong, and the verdict clearly right, we will not grant a new trial because the jury did not 'find in conformity to the charge.
Judgment affirmed.
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