Dowdy v. Watson & Lewis
Supreme Court of Georgia
Complaint. Before Judge Littlejohn. Dooly superior court. July 19, 1901.
1Opinion of the CourtCobb, J.
Suit was brought on a promissory note in the name of Watson & Lewis against W. S. Dowdy and another. Dowdy filed a plea of non est factum. At the trial it was admitted that Lewis, one of the members of the plaintiff firm, was dead. Taylor, who was the subscribing witness, to the note sued on, testified that Dowdy signed the note in his presence; that when he was called in to witness the note Lewis and Dowdy were talking, Dowdy refusing to sign the note and Lewis insisting that he should, and that finally Dowdy signed the note. Dowdy was introduced as a witness in his own behalf, and was…
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