Stembridge v. Simmons

Shulman, Judge.

This appeal is from a judgment based on a jury verdict for the defendants in a suit on a promissory note.

1. Appellant’s first enumeration of error complains of the trial judge’s denial of motions for directed verdict and judgment notwithstanding the verdict. Appellant contends that the note on which the suit was based was unconditional on its face and that the admission by the defendants of their execution of the note entitled him to a judgment as a matter of law. While that is a correct statement of the law of negotiable instruments (Gate City Furniture Co. v. Rumsey, 115 Ga.…