Holt v. Stroud
Holt v. Stroud
Opinion of the Court
The grounds upon which the case has been put.in this court are, 1st, a variance between the declaration and the proof: 2d, that the plaintiff has declared against the defendants, as indorsers, under the statute of Anne, and not as securities, under the law of the state of Georgia: 3d, that having received notice to sue, the plaintiff should have proved that he did so within three months, as required by the Georgia law. On the ground of variance, I have but little to add to what is said in the report. If there was clearly a variance in setting out the name of the maker of the note, it would be fatal. In some places,
It is very clear, by the 2d section of the law of Georgia, if the plaintiff had neglected to sue within three months after notice to do so was given him, the defendants were discharged. The jury were expressly instructed on this point, and their verdict is conclusive. The argument as I understand it, is, that the defendants having proved notice to sue, the plaintiff on .his part was bound to show he had done so within three months. My own opinion was then, and is' now, that the defendant was bound to prove both parts of the proposition: both were necessary to his defence. But it is unnecessary to decide that point. The whole difficulty was, when did the defendants give notice to sue ? The witness who proved the notice did not prove the time, and, I apprehend, the defendants were bound to show the time, in order that the plaintiff might make out his replication, that his action was brought within three months from the notice. All the difficulty on this
The motion is dismissed on all the grounds.
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