Young v. Murray

Hill, O. J.

1. A promissory note payable to the order of an agent of a corporation, both being specified by name in the note, is in legal effect payable to the corporation, but either the principal or the agent can maintain an action on it. Civil Code, §3037, par. 2; Martin v. Lamb, 77 Ga. 252 (3 S. E. 10).

'2. Where the defense to a note given for • fertilizers is that the packages of fertilizers did not have tags attached as required by law, the burden is on the defendant to prove the fact. Civil Code, §5160; Avera v. Tool, 74 Ga. 398; Lorentz v. Conner, 69 Ga. 761; Holt v. Navassa Guano Co.,…