Jones v. George T. Rogers & Son
Supreme Court of Georgia
Equity. Duress. Tried before Judge Cole, Bibb Superior Court, January Adjourned Term, 1867. Complainant avers that on the 20th of August, 1862, George T. Rogers and Charles H. Rogers (using the firm, name of George T. Rogers & Son) made and delivered to him their promissory note, due one day after its date, for $1,354.23, which indebtedness arose as follows : Complainant in 1857 loaned James G. Rogers, son of said George T., and then a merchant in Savannah, $4,000.00, on the…
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Equity. Duress. Tried before Judge Cole, Bibb Superior Court, January Adjourned Term, 1867. Complainant avers that on the 20th of August, 1862, George T. Rogers and Charles H. Rogers (using the firm, name of George T. Rogers & Son) made and delivered to him their promissory note, due one day after its date, for $1,354.23, which indebtedness arose as follows : Complainant in 1857 loaned James G. Rogers, son of said George T., and then a merchant in Savannah, $4,000.00, on the endorsement of said George T. Rogers & Son, and on the-day of -, 1859, said firm assumed said indebtedness and took…
1Opinion of the CourtHarris, J.
1. If the complainant (Jones) in receiving the depreciated Confederate Treasury notes, in September, 1863, in payment of the note of the defendant, due before the war began, did so through the influence of public opinion brought to bear on his action by an association organized to persuade and impress men with a sense of public duty, or through the instrumentality of the press, appealing to the patriotic feeling of the citizen, in such case he could not and ought not to have relief in a Court. Such an act would be deemed voluntary. Conscious, as men of intelligence are, that individual…
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