Phillips v. Dodge
Supreme Court of Georgia
Action on notes, in Camden Superior Court. Tried before Judge H. R. Jackson, November Term, 1849. Phillips brought an action against Dodge, under the Act of 1847, allegingthat he was indebted to plaintiff tbe sum of $100, besides interest on two promissory notes, dated 16th September, 1845, and due 1st September, 1846. There was annexed a copy of the notes, which weré as follows : “ On the first day of September next, I promise to pay A. Phillips, or bearer, fifteen head of…
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Action on notes, in Camden Superior Court. Tried before Judge H. R. Jackson, November Term, 1849. Phillips brought an action against Dodge, under the Act of 1847, allegingthat he was indebted to plaintiff tbe sum of $100, besides interest on two promissory notes, dated 16th September, 1845, and due 1st September, 1846. There was annexed a copy of the notes, which weré as follows : “ On the first day of September next, I promise to pay A. Phillips, or bearer, fifteen head of gentle, two year old, spayed sows and barrows, it being for value received of him, this 1,6th September, 1845. [Signed,]…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court.
— Nisbet, J.
delivering the opinion.
[1.] As the declaration in this case is very brief, I submit a copy. It is in the following words:
CAMD^NmfTY. }
To the SuPerior Court of said County:
The petition of Anthony Phillips showeth, that Daniel R. Dodge, of said County, is indebted to him in the sum of one hundred dollars, besides interest, on two written promises, dated the sixteenth day of September, eighteen hundred and forty-five, and due the first day of September, 1846, which said two written promises the. said Daniel R. Dodge refuses to pay; wherefore, your petitioner prays…
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