Supreme Court of Georgia, 1899

Lee v. Johnson

Supreme Court of Georgia · Decided December 8, 1899 · Simmons

110 Ga. 286; 34 S.E. 568; 1899 Ga. LEXIS 571

Cases that cite this one

6 later published cases cite this decision.

Few v. Pou (Ga. Ct. App. 1924)
Harris v. Evans (Ga. 1910)
Farmers Bank v. Hood (Ga. Ct. App. 1922)
Patterson & Co. v. Peterson (Ga. Ct. App. 1915)
Oliver v. Miller (Ga. 1908)
Harrell v. National Bank of Commerce (Ga. 1907)

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Opinion of the Court

Simmons, C. J.

1. Where a negotiable instrument is transferred before its maturity, in payment of a pre-existing debt, the transferee is a holder for value, and takes the paper free from the equities existing between the original parties. Bond v. Central Bank of Georgia, 2 Ga. 92; Gibson & Rood v. Conner, 3 Ga. 47.

Submitted November 10, Decided December 8, 1899.

Complaint. Before Judge Williams. City court of Way-cross. January 23, 1899.

Leon A. Wilson, for plaintiffs in error.

2. The evidence demanded the verdict for the plaintiff, and there was no error in directing the jury so to find.

Judgment affirmed.

All the Justices concurring.

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