14 S.E.2d 575 | Ga. Ct. App. | 1941
The court erred in overruling the demurrer which pointed out that the note sued on did not promise to pay a sum certain in the body of the note.
This is a case of first impression in Georgia on the question whether or not an action can be maintained on a note in which there is no promise to pay a sum certain, but where there is a marginal entry of an amount in figures. The case of Love v.Perry.
In Norwich Bank v. Hyde,
(56 A. 1009, 104 Am. St. R. 937, 1 Ann. Cas. 610), the court made a similar decision without the aid of a statute. However, these cases are against the great weight of authority. See note 1 Am. Eng. Ann. Cas. 611.
There could be no recovery on the note sued on in the case sub judice in its present form. The court erred in overruling the demurrer which raised that point, and all further proceedings were nugatory.
Judgment reversed on the cross-bill of exceptions; main billdismissed. Stephens, P. J., and Sutton, J., concur.