Coffee v. Cook
Coffee v. Cook
Opinion of the Court
Opinion op the Court by
It is well settled that an assignment of a bond for a conveyance of land does not import a warranty of the tittle, and only imposes on the assignor the responsibility, ordinarily devolved on assignors resulting from a failure of the assignee after due diligence to compel a compliance with the terms of the bond. The notes in controversy in this case being given for part of the consideration of the assignment of the bond given by Williams as guardian of Ferguson it devolved on the defendant, in order to avail the notes, to show either a failure to enforce the covenanty of the bond by the prosecution of a suit thereon with due diligence or such other facts as would have entitled the appellant to a recovery against the appellee in consequence of the assignment if the
We do not perceive that there was any abuse of the discretion of the court in refusing to permit the amended answer and cross petition to be filed; bpt if there was, the error is not available in this court, for the reason that the paper copied by the clerk as the amended pleading is not made part of the record by any bill of exceptions or order of the court identifying it as that which was offered and rejected, the descriptive note of the clerk, for that purpose, being insufficient according to repeated decisions of this Court.
Wherefore, the judgment is affirmed.
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