Reece v. Citizens Bank
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Complaint; from Milton superior court—Judge Pendleton presiding. October 13, 1917.
1Opinion of the CourtJenkins, J.
This was a suit by the Citizens Bank of Roswell as indorsee of a promissory note. The defendant makers of the note' pleaded failure of consideration, and that the plaintiff was not an innocent purchaser for value, before due, and without notice. Upon the trial of the .case J. 0. Reece, one of the defendants, testified as follows: “Mr. Fowler, the cashier of the Citizens Bank, called me over the telephone and asked me about trading for it [the note], and I told him there was a contract out and he had better hold up on the note a few days. . . Some few days after that ... I met him and Col.…
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