Weaver v. Lapsley
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from tbe Circuit Court of Dallas. Tried before tbe Hon. John Moore. This was an action instituted on tbe 18tb day of March, 1866, by tbe áppellee against tbe appellant, in tbe circuit court of .Dallas, founded on an instrument in writing, as follows, viz : “ Selma, Ala., Feb. 1st, 1865. $2,030 00. Thirty days after date I promise to pay J. W. Lapsley, or bis order, two thousand and thirty dollars for value received.
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Appeal from tbe Circuit Court of Dallas. Tried before tbe Hon. John Moore. This was an action instituted on tbe 18tb day of March, 1866, by tbe áppellee against tbe appellant, in tbe circuit court of .Dallas, founded on an instrument in writing, as follows, viz : “ Selma, Ala., Feb. 1st, 1865. $2,030 00. Thirty days after date I promise to pay J. W. Lapsley, or bis order, two thousand and thirty dollars for value received. It is understood and agreed that this debt may be paid in notes of any of tbe chartered banks of tbe State of Alabama, or of tbe bank of Selma, if paid at maturity, or…
1Opinion of the CourtJudge, J.
The plaintiff below, (appellee,) declared against the defendant, (appellant,) as upon a promissory note for the sum of two thousand and thirty dollars, dated February 1st, 1865, and payable thirty days after date. The plaintiff offered in evidence to sustain his action, an instrument of writing signed by the defendant, of which the following is a copy :
*610“Selma, Ala., 1st Feb. 1865.
2,030 00. Thirty days after date I promise to pay J. W. Lapsley, or his order, two thousand and thirty dollars for value received. It is understood and agreed that this debt may be paid in notes of any of the…
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