Williams v. Forman
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Complaint; from city court of■ Thomasville — Judge W. H. Hammond. June 24, 1915. On August 15, 1914, George M. Forman brought an action against James Williams for principal, interest, and attorney’s fees on promissory notes, some of which were made payable on dates subsequent to the .date on which the suit was filed.
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Complaint; from city court of■ Thomasville — Judge W. H. Hammond. June 24, 1915. On August 15, 1914, George M. Forman brought an action against James Williams for principal, interest, and attorney’s fees on promissory notes, some of which were made payable on dates subsequent to the .date on which the suit was filed. The petition alleges that the notes were given for a loan; that at the time of procuring the loan and executing the notes, and for the purpose of securing the payment of the notes, the defendant executed and delivered to the plaintiff a security deed which appears on record in…
1Opinion of the CourtBeovles, J.
1. The petition set forth a cause of action, and was not subject to any of the special grounds of the demurrer.
2. The court did not err in sustaining the demurrer to the plea in abatement, and in striking the plea.
3. It was not error to exclude from the evidence the four letters from the defendant in error to the plaintiff in error, which are set out on pages 22, 23, 28, and 29 respectively of the bill of exceptions, and which *243relate to matters set up in tbe plea in abatement. The court, however, erred in excluding the other oral and documentary evidence the exclusion of which is complained…
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