59 Ga. 246 | Ga. | 1877
The suit was on a draft for three hundred dollars, dated in February and due in October. The payees were the plaintiffs, and the drawers were the defendants. Two of the latter made no defense, and judgment went against them. The third defended, and pending the action she died, and her executrixes were made parties. She was the grandmother of one of the others, and he (the grandson) alone received the consideration for the instrument. That consideration consisted, in part, of his prior indebtedness to the payees, and in part of advances made by them to him after the draft was signed and delivered. 'The payees handed to him a blank draft to have it signed up. He carried it to
Cited for plaintiffs, 30 Ga., 241; 25 Ib., 184; 32 Ib., 409. Eor defendant, 57 Ga., 107, 283; 39 Ib., 708; 3 Graham on N. T., 786; 51 N. J., 560; 14 Mass., 244; 41 Ga., 208, 215; 42 Ib., 163; 50 Ib., 360.
Judgment affirmed.