Supreme Court of Alabama November 28, 1918, 6 Div. 740. (Long v. Gwin)

SOMERVILLE, J.

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At common law a “bill single” was an unconditional written promise to pay money, under the seal of the obligor. It was not negotiable, and, though identical in form with a promissory note, it was technically distinct, so that a complaint declaring on the one instrument was not supported by proof of the other. McCrummen v. Campbell, 82 Ala. 566, 2 South. 482; Davis v.