Legal Opinion

Garrett v. . Reeves

Supreme Court of North Carolina

Decided December 22, 1899Published

Civil Action upon a promissory note against the makers and endorser, tried before Goble, J.} at Eall Term, 1899, of the Superior Court of Haywood County. The note was payable twelve months after date, March 20, 1886, to defendant Erancis, and before maturity was endorsed and assigned to another, who transferred it by endorsement to the plaintiff.

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Civil Action upon a promissory note against the makers and endorser, tried before Goble, J.} at Eall Term, 1899, of the Superior Court of Haywood County. The note was payable twelve months after date, March 20, 1886, to defendant Erancis, and before maturity was endorsed and assigned to another, who transferred it by endorsement to the plaintiff. A number of payments were made upon it by A. J. Eeeves, the principal maker, beginning with April 21, 1887, and ending December 23, 1896. Three years had not elapsed between any two successive payments. This suit was commenced September 12, 1898. No…

1Opinion of the CourtEueches, J.

On the 20th day of March, 1886, A. J. Reeves, Mrs. L. McD. Reeves, ~K. Reeves, and W. T. Reeves, .made and executed their promissory note under seal to the defendant T. L. Erancis (therein called Leroy Erancis), for the sum of $650, due 12 months after date. Soon after the execution of the note, Erancis, for valuable consideration, sold the same to J. P. Herren, and endorsed it in blank by writing his name across the back of it, and Herren sold and transferred the note to tire plaintiff, and endorsed it in the same way that Francis endorsed it to him. Various payments have been made on said…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Good v. MartinSupreme Court of the United States · 1877
  2. Green v. Greensboro Female CollegeSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1880
  3. Wood v. . BarberSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1884
  4. Leduc v. . ButlerSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1893
  5. Johnson v. . HookerSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1854

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