Legal Opinion

Swan v. Hodges

Tennessee Supreme Court

Decided September 15, 1859PublishedCited by 1 opinion

FROM KNOX. This cause was tried before Judge Turley. Yerdict and judgment for the plaintiff. Swan, the endorser, appealed.

1Opinion of the CourtMcKinney, J.

*252This was an action of assumpsit, against the makers and indorsers of a promissory note, made by Oastellaw & Marley, payable to William G. Swan, the plaintiff in error, and indorsed by him for the accommodation of the makers ; and in like manner indorsed by John Williams and J. L. Dixon.

Judgment was rendered in favor of Williams and Dixon, and against Swan, jointly with the makers. Swan, alone, prosecuted an appeal in error.

The note was for $2,000, payable four months after date at the Branch of the Union Bank at Knoxville, and it matured on the 15th of September, 1857 — that being the last…

2Cited by1 opinion

  1. Columbia Bonding Co. v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1972

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