17 Ga. App. 451 | Ga. Ct. App. | 1916
1. One Harrison, who was a laborer for the Southern Railway Company, sold to Pitner & Raines his claim against the railway company for wages, amounting to $16.25, and, as written evidence of the • transfer, gave Pitner & Raines the following paper: “Cohutta, Ga., Nov. 25, 1915. To the Sou. R. R. Co. This is to certify that I have this day sold my time or pay cheek for work as a hand on the ditcher, as Nov. time, with J. L. Ayers to Pitner & Raines. I further authorize them or the agent who receives my pay check to sign my name to same. [Signed] E. H. Harrison.” Attached to this transfer was a statement signed by J. L. Ayers, showing an indebtedness to Harrison of $16.25. While this writing may be informal, and if treated as a bill of exchange (as the plaintiff in error insists it should be) would be insufficient to authorize a recovery, because it was not accepted, still it may be