Commercial Security Co. v. Donald Drug Co.
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Prince, J., Anderson, Pall term, 1918. Action by the Commercial Security Company against the Donald Drug Company, a partnership, etc.
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Before Prince, J., Anderson, Pall term, 1918. Action by the Commercial Security Company against the Donald Drug Company, a partnership, etc. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff appeals. submits : That the change in the date of the maturity of the respective notes did not render them invalid: Negotiable Instrument Act 1914, sec. 12, .article I; sec. 52, article IV; subd. 4, sec. 17; article I, sec. 124; article VI; cases cited under S. I. B., p. 55; Brannon’s Negotiable Instrument Law. Plaintiff made out a prima facie case and was entitled to a verdict: 101 S. C. 208; 100 S. C. 353; 91 S. C.…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice Eraser.
1 This is an action on four promissory notes. The defense, so far as this appeal is concerned, is material alterations. One note is set out in the case, and is as follows:
“225.00 P. O., Honea Path, State, 'Ga. S. C. 4 Date Dec. 6th, 1916. Three months after date, for value received, we promise to pay to the order of Partin Manufacturing Company, Incorporated, two hundred and twenty-five dollars ($225.00), at Citizens Bank, Honea Path, S. C. The Donald Drug Co., per S. E. Donald.”
Instead of “Honea Path, S. C.,” the original had “Honea…
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