Apple v. Lesser

Simmons, Justice.

Lesser sued Bennett as principal and Apple as indorser on two promissory notes, due respectively nine and twelve months after date, payable to the order of Apple at any bank in Savannah, Ga., signed by Bennett and indorsed in blank by Apple. The notes were made at Way cross, Ga. There was a verdict against the defendants upon one of the notes, and they made a motion for a new trial on the ground that the verdict was contrary to law and the evidence; the motion was overruled, and they excepted. It appeared from the evidence that before the notes matured, Lesser deposited them…