127 Ga. 141 | Ga. | 1906
(After stating the foregoing facts.) In order to render a promissory note a sealed instrument it must be so recited in "the body of the note. The mere addition of the seal after the signature of the maker is insufficient. Jackson v. Augusta Southern R. Co., 125 Ga. 801, and cit. When the note in the present case was executed it was not a sealed instrument. A seal followed the mame of the maker, but the body of the instrument did not recite "that it was under seal. ' It was therefore merely a written promise to pay, not under seal. The period of the statute of limitations applicable to such a paper is six years. The suit was not brought within that time after the date of the maturity of the note. The plea of the defendant alleged that the words, “Witness my hand .and seal,” were inserted in the note after it was signed by him, and
Judgment affirmed.