Shedden v. Stiles
Supreme Court of Georgia
Complaint on note. Before Judge Eoute. City court of Cartersville. March 30, 1904.
1Opinion of the CourtFish, P. J.
R. E. Shedden sued W. H. Stiles on a promissory note signed by Stiles as maker, payable to his own order, and indorsed in blank by himself and George T. Hodgson. There was a verdict for the defendant; and the plaintiff’s motion for a new trial having been overruled, he excepted.
1. The only defense filed to the action was, that the note sued on was executed for the accommodation of the plaintiff. Complaint was made in the motion for a new trial that the court erred in failing to charge, though not requested in writing so to do* that the holder of a negotiable promissory note is presumed to be…
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