Godwin v. Bryan
Supreme Court of Florida
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Jackson county. This was an action upon a promissory note dated in March, 1862, payable in twelve months, for $1,409.40 and interest. The suit was brought in 1872 under the “ Code of procedure.”
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Appeal from the Circuit Court for Jackson county. This was an action upon a promissory note dated in March, 1862, payable in twelve months, for $1,409.40 and interest. The suit was brought in 1872 under the “ Code of procedure.” Defendant (appellant) answered that the note was payable-in Confederate States Treasury Notes; these having been the prevailing currency at its date; and that in January, 1864, plaintiff agreed to receive the principal and interest then due from defendant in that currency, and that confiding in such agreement, defendant collected from one Speight, upon a note he held…
1Opinion of the Court
The Chief Justice
delivered the opinion of the court.
With respect to the errors assigned as to the charge of the court to the jury, we find that no exception whatever was taken to any portion of it until after the verdict was rendered the jury discharged. The earliest suggestion that the appellant was not content with the charge as delivered to the jury is found in the motion for a new trial. This is not sufficient. If any matter contained in the instructions given by the judge to the jury be not satisfactory to the parties, or if they deem them erroneous, they should, at the time and before…
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