Birmingham National Bank v. Bradley
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Jefferson. Tried before the Hon. James J. Banks. ■ This is the third appeal in this case. There was no new testimony on the last trial, but the issue was narrowed down to the one question left open by this court in its decision on the former appeals. Most of the assignments of error have been substantially passed on by the court in its former decisions. — Birmingham Nat. Bankv.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Jefferson. Tried before the Hon. James J. Banks. ■ This is the third appeal in this case. There was no new testimony on the last trial, but the issue was narrowed down to the one question left open by this court in its decision on the former appeals. Most of the assignments of error have been substantially passed on by the court in its former decisions. — Birmingham Nat. Bankv. Bradley, 103 Ala. 109 ; Ih. 108 Ala. 2Ó5. The appellant, the Birmingham National Bank, sued John Gr. Bradley, on a draft or New York exchange, for $4,000. It was alleged by the…
1Opinion of the CourtMcCLELLAN, J.
The issue below was whether the paper confessedly issued by the Gate City National Bank was altered as to amount and payee before it was presented to and cashed by the Birmingham National Bank. Leaving out of view for the moment the fact that the paper itself bears no evidence of alteration, it is shown about as -clearly and conclusively as the nature of the case admitted of and as oral testimony and attendant circumstances could show, that the check as issued was for the sum of two dollars, payable to James Fix, and that its amount was not indicated by figures cut through the paper, and that…
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