Moore v. Garland
Supreme Court of Georgia
Promissory Notes. Contracts. Consideration. Patents. Before Judge Simmons. Crawford Superior Court. September Term, 1886. Reported in the decision.
1Opinion of the Court
Blandford, Justice.
Garland sued Moore on a promissory note for $100, dated April 8tb, 1885, due October 1st, next thereafter. The body of the note shows that it was given “for value received for a patent-right to the Shellnut Water-Engine for Crawford county, No. 302,167, patented July 15th, 1881.” To this action Moore pleaded (1) total failure of consideration; (2) that there was no consideration, because there was no assignment of the patent-right made to him by the-payee at the time he gave the note.
The plaintiff, on the trial, introduced the note in evidence and rested his case. The…
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