Legal Opinion

Commercial Trust Co. of Hagerstown v. Laurens Counts

District Court, S.D. Georgia

Decided July 23, 1920No. 171PublishedCited by 13 opinions

At Law. Action by the Commercial Trust Company of Hagerstown against Laurens County. On demurrers to petition.

1Opinion of the Court

SIBLEY, District Judge.

Commercial Trust Company of Hagerstown, as a corporation of Maryland, sues at law Laurens county, Ga., upon three promissory notes, each for $10,000, dated January 10, 1918, due December 31, 1918, and payable to Frank Scarboro Company, or order, signed in the name of Laurens county, by its treasurer and county commissioners, and indorsed, “For value received without recourse,” by Frank Scarboro Company. Each note, besides matters quoted hereafter, recites, “This note is issued in pursuance of a resolution duly adopted by the commissioners of the county of Laurens on…

2Cases cited27 opinions

  1. The Floyd AcceptancesSupreme Court of the United States · 1869
  2. Chapman v. County of DouglasSupreme Court of the United States · 1883
  3. Waite v. Santa CruzSupreme Court of the United States · 1902
  4. Dixon County v. FieldSupreme Court of the United States · 1884
  5. Holmes v. GoldsmithSupreme Court of the United States · 1893

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3Cited by13 opinions

  1. Citizens Savings Bank & Trust Co. v. SextonSupreme Court of the United States · 1924
  2. Clarendon County v. CurtisCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1931
  3. Commercial Trust Co. of Hagerstown v. BurchDistrict Court, S.D. Georgia · 1920
  4. Farmers' Loan & Trust Co. v. Wilcox CountyDistrict Court, S.D. Georgia · 1924
  5. Skelly Oil Co. v. CassidyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1924

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