James v. Benjamin

Jackson, Chief Justice.

[On August 29, 1881, James sued out a distress warrant *186against Benjamin for rent alleged to be due on the following note:

“Fort Valley, Ga., March. 1, 1881.

“On or before thefirstof October next, I promise to pay J. B. James or bearer three bales of middling cotton, baled and delivered at Southwestern Railroad depot in Fort Valley, in good merchantable order, the above bales to weigh 500 pounds each, and to be paid from the first picking. The above note is for rent of land on the Griffin place, in the county of Houston, state of Georgia.

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Charles x Benjamin.

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