Johnson v. Hanover National Bank
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Tallapoosa. Tried before the Hon. Jas. B. Dowdell. This action was brought by the Hanover National Bank of New York, “a corporation duly chartered and incorporated under and by authority of the laws of the State of New York,” against J. C. Johnson & Co., a partnership composed of J. O. Johnson and B. L. Smith, and against the partners individually; and was founded on two promissory notes signed in the partnership name, each for $372, with…
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Tallapoosa. Tried before the Hon. Jas. B. Dowdell. This action was brought by the Hanover National Bank of New York, “a corporation duly chartered and incorporated under and by authority of the laws of the State of New York,” against J. C. Johnson & Co., a partnership composed of J. O. Johnson and B. L. Smith, and against the partners individually; and was founded on two promissory notes signed in the partnership name, each for $372, with interest, dated January 10th, 1885, and payable, one on November 15th, and the other December 1st, 1885. The complaint…
1Opinion of the CourtStone, C. J.
The present suit is brought on two notes, executed in Alabama, and payable “ at the Bank of Opelika, a bank located in the city of Opelika, Alabama.” We take this statement from the complaint, as the notes are not set out. The notes are described as being made payable to the order of the makers, and by them indorsed to the Rialto Guano Company of Baltimore City, and by that company indorsed to the plaintiff, and now its property. The plaintiff is described in the complaint as “a corporation duly chartered and incorporated under and by authority of the laws of the State of New York.”
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