Harris v. Bank of Jacksonville & Maxfield & Co.
Supreme Court of Florida
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Duval couuty. The appellant, Harris, filed his bill in the Circuit Court for Duval county in chancery, praying that a certain draft, dated July 23, 1884, drawn by said Harris, to his order, on.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court for Duval couuty. The appellant, Harris, filed his bill in the Circuit Court for Duval county in chancery, praying that a certain draft, dated July 23, 1884, drawn by said Harris, to his order, on. Maxfield & Co., for five thousand dollars, payable six months after date, endorsed by Harris to the Bank of Jacksonville, accepted by Maxfield & Co., and held by said bank, should be delivered up and cancelled ; and that an action at law by said Bank of Jacksonville against Maxfield & Co., on said draft, should be enjoined. The grounds for relief alleged in the bill…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Raney
The acceptance by appellant of the bill of exchange of February 20, 1884, though in law a transaction between him and both members of the firm of IT. P. Robinson & Bro., was in fact conducted between him and the deceased member, C. E. Robinson, who, though acting for his firm, .was the only one of them who actually participated in the negotiation and consummation of the transaction with the appellant.
The act of 1874, chapter 1983, §24, p. 518, of McClellan’s Digest, after declaring that no person shall be excluded as a witness by reason of his interest in the event of the action, or because…
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