Supreme Court of Georgia, 1856

160 opinions

Seth K. Taylor, executor, &c. plaintiff in error, vs. William P. Holland and another, defendants 1856-05
Alfred Hammond, plaintiff in error, vs. Mary R. Houston, admx, &c. defendant in error 1856-05
William W. Mitchell, plaintiff in error, vs. Josiah Addison, defendant 1856-05
Eli H. Walker et al. plaintiffs in error, vs. Michael Roberts, defendant in error 1856-05
C. Crow and another, plaintiffs in error, vs. Jos. J. Whitworth, defendant in error 1856-05
George W. Collier et al. administrators, &c. plaintiffs in error, vs. James Cross and another, administrators, &c. defendants in error 1856-05
Francis M. Freeman and Wife, plaintiffs in error, vs. Mary D. Tucker, administratrix, &c. defendant in error 1856-05
Charles R. Simmons, plaintiff in error, vs. Hosea A. Bennett, defendant in error 1856-05
Miles M. Norton, plaintiff in error, vs. Cobb & Crawford, defendants in error 1856-05
Robert R. Beck, plaintiff in error, vs. Madison Pounds, defendant in error 1856-05
William B. Bennett, plaintiff in error, vs. Samuel L. Terrill, defendant 1856-06
William Bailey, plaintiff in error, vs. William Brockett, defendant 1856-06
John G. Park, plaintiff in error, vs. William A. Tennille and Swan P. Burnett, trustee, &c. claimant, defendants. Also, John A. Breedlove vs. same parties 1856-06
Patrick K. Shields, plaintiff in error, vs. The Mayor, &c. of Savannah, defendants in error 1856-06
Rafe, (a slave,) plaintiff in error, vs. The State of Georgia 1856-06
William Harrison, plaintiff in error, vs. William H. Brooks, defendant 1856-06
Clayton Whittington, plaintiff in error, vs. William Summerall, defendant in error 1856-06
Eliza J. Scott, plaintiff in error, vs. Isaac Winship, defendant 1856-06
Jones & Rochford, plaintiffs in error, vs. Daniel A. Garrett et al. defendants 1856-06
Isaac Dennis, senr, et al. plaintiffs in error, vs. G. J. Green, administrator of David M. Causey, deceased, defendant in error 1856-06
Charles Campbell & Co. plaintiffs in error, vs. Eliza A. Brown, admx, et al. defendants 1856-06
Thomas Dozier, sen. plaintiff in error, vs. Thomas H. Dozier, defendant 1856-06
Eliza A. Brown, admr, &c. of T. A. Brown, deceased, et al. plaintiffs in error, vs. Isaac C. Harris, admr, &c. defendant 1856-06
John H. Gilmore, plaintiff in error, vs. William J. Wright, defendant 1856-06
Jesse S. Thomas, plaintiff in error, vs. Ezekiel Hawkins, defendant in error 1856-06
James Boyce and others, executors of Kerr Boyce, deceased, plaintiffs in error, vs. James R. Watson, defendant in error 1856-06
William H. Brooks, plaintiff in error, vs. William C. Cook, defendant 1856-06
Solomon Wall, plaintiff in error, vs. William W. McNeil, defendant in error 1856-06
Irwin Bullock, plaintiff in error, vs. Eliza J. Brown, admx of Zachariah Brown, decd defendant in error 1856-06
Matthew Averett, plaintiff in error, vs. Kendrick M. K. Brady, defendant in error 1856-06
Robert Taylor, plaintiff in error, vs. Allen Gay, defendant; Gay vs. Taylor 1856-06
Willoughby Jordan, plaintiff in error, vs. James C. Rivers, defendant 1856-06
Earnest Courtoy, plaintiff in error, vs. Richmond Dozier and Jane Dozier, defendants 1856-06
William Slade, plaintiff in error, vs. James Nelson and William Nelson, for use of, &c. defendants 1856-06
Elbert Heisler, plaintiff in error, vs. The State of Georgia, defendant 1856-06
John P. Gauldin, plaintiff in error, vs. Henry D. Shehee, defendant 1856-06
John Moore, administrator of George Moore, deceased, plaintiff in error, vs. Basil A. Wise, defendant in error 1856-06
The Central Bank of Georgia, plaintiff in error, vs. Peter Solomon, executor of William Solomon, deceased, defendant 1856-06
Robert A. Crawford, administrator of John A. Lyon, deceased, plaintiff in error, vs. Butt L. Cate, defendant 1856-06
George W. Scattergood, for the use, &c. plaintiff in error, vs. Robert Findlay, defendant 1856-06
Algernon S. Hartridge, plaintiff in error, vs. William McDaniel, defendant in error 1856-06
John P. Harvey, for use of &c. plaintiff in error, vs. Mason & Dibble, defendants 1856-06
Ewell Webb, plaintiff in error, vs. Lewis F. Hicks, et al. defendants 1856-06
Daniel M. Shine, plaintiff in error, vs. James W. Brown, defendant 1856-06
Adolphus D. Kendrick and Miles L. Green, executors of James A. Everett, deceased, plaintiffs in error, vs. Henry H. Whitfield, administrator of Elizabeth Whitfield, deceased, defendant 1856-06
Gunby, Daniel & Co. plaintiffs in error, vs. Welcher & Carter, defendants in error 1856-06
James A. Ralston, plaintiff in error, vs. Elizabeth Boady, defendant 1856-06
Jubilee Smith, plaintiff in error, vs. James R. Cox, defendant in error 1856-06
John Goodtitle ex dem. Elizabeth Bond et al. plaintiffs in error, vs. Richard Roe, cas. eject, and James Watson, tenant, defendants in error 1856-06
William W. Poulan, plaintiff in error, vs. Littleton Sellers, defendant; Butts vs. Roberts 1856-06
Charles Mygatt et al. plaintiffs in error, vs. Richard R. Goetchins, defendant in error 1856-06
William A. Bell, plaintiff in error, vs. Amy Bell et al. defendants 1856-06
James V. Suggs, plaintiff in error, vs. Neal A. Sapp, defendant in fi. fa. William West and Bedford S. Worrell, executors of Philip F. Sapp, deceased, claimants, defendants 1856-06
Richard Rolf, plaintiff in error, vs. Lucius Rolf, defendant in error 1856-06
William Spencer, plaintiff in error, vs. Armsted Hewett, defendant 1856-06
Jesse (a slave) plaintiff in error, vs. The State, defendant 1856-06
John H. Caldwell, plaintiff in error, vs. Lawrence T. Ferrill, defendant 1856-06
Charles T. F. Cardin, plaintiff in error, vs. John Standly, defendant 1856-06
Bright W. Truett et al. his securities, plaintiffs in error, vs. The Justices of The Inferior Court, for the use of Randolph County, defendants 1856-06
The Justices of the Inferior Court of Talbot County, plaintiffs in error, vs. Abner M. House, defendant 1856-06
John Doe ex dem. of Philip West et al. plaintiffs in error, vs. Richard Roe, casual ejector, and James Drawhorn, tenant, defendant, and Hines Holt, co-defendant 1856-06
D. N. Burkhalter, plaintiff in error, vs. Cordy Bullock, defendant 1856-06
Thomas Anderson et al. plaintiffs in error, vs. John B. Lewis, defendant in error 1856-06
James Chance, plaintiff in error, vs. James B. Beall, administrator, &c. defendant 1856-06
- Bryan, plaintiff in error, vs. - Watson, administrator of Joseph Nunez, defendant in error 1856-06
Frances M. Lawrence, plaintiff in error, vs. Seaborn Jones, defendant 1856-06
John Thornton, plaintiff in error, vs. William A. Chisholm, defendant 1856-06
William D. Mims, plaintiff in error, vs. William Lockett, defendant in error 1856-06
John Doe ex dem. John Keel et al. plaintiffs in error, vs. Richard Roe, casual ejector, and Noel Pace, tenant, &c. defendants 1856-06
David Rogers, plaintiff in error, vs. W. A. Hawkins, defendant 1856-06
Drewery C. Jackson, plaintiff in error, vs. James Stewart et. al. defendants 1856-06
Charles W. Horn, trustee for Mrs. Laodicea J. Harvard, plaintiff in error, vs. Ross & Leitch, defendants in error 1856-06
Eliza B. Duffield, plaintiff in error, vs. Mary Tobin, defendant 1856-06
The Justices of the Inferior Court of Baker County, plaintiffs in error, vs. John Moreland, guardian of Benjamin G. Sikes, defendant in error 1856-06
William Slade, plaintiff in error, vs. David S. Little, defendant 1856-06
Davis Castleberry, plaintiff in error, vs. Robert Scandrett, defendant in error 1856-06
Franklin S. Bloom, plaintiff in error, vs. The State of Georgia, defendant 1856-06
Alexander J. Robinson, plaintiff in error, vs. Erasmus Bealle, surviving partner of the firm of F. & E. Bealle, defendant 1856-06
Henry N. Ells, plaintiff in error, vs. The State of Georgia, defendant in error 1856-06
Philip A. Clayton, plaintiff in error, vs. Artemesia W. Tucker, executrix of N. S. Tucker, deceased, defendant in error 1856-06
Doe ex dem. Charlotte S. Daggett et al. plaintiffs in error, vs. Roe, cas. ejector, and Henry Durden and William Reed, tenants, defendants in error 1856-06
Allen W. Marshall, plaintiff in error, vs. Carhart, Bro. & Co. defendants 1856-06
E. C. Granniss, administrator of John D. Dacey, deceased, plaintiff in error, vs. John Massett, defendant 1856-06
William Reynolds, plaintiff in error, vs. Thomas Lyon, defendant 1856-06
Osborne M. Stone, plaintiff in error, vs. Chamberlin & Bancroft, defendants 1856-06
Mary C. Westfall, by her next friend, Charles. C. ONeal, plaintiff in error, vs. Scott, Carhart & Co. defendants in error 1856-06
William D. Rogers et al. plaintiffs in error, vs. William Dougherty, defendant 1856-06
Egbert P. Daniel, plaintiff in error, vs. Mad. Sapp, admr, &c. defendant 1856-06
Freeman and Wife, plaintiffs in error, vs. Mary Tucker, administratrix, &c. defendant in error 1856-06
Nahum H. Wood, plaintiff in error, vs. Hugh O. K. Nisbet, defendant in error 1856-06
Solomon Bridges, Thomas B. Lamar and Abner McGehee, executors of Jefferson Lamar, decd, plaintiffs in error, vs. James Nicholson, administrator of Jesse P. Harrell, decd, defendant 1856-06
Joseph P. Gray, plaintiff in error, vs. John M. Cole, Edward H. Mann, defendants, and Noah McNabb, trustee, claimant, defendant 1856-06
Martin W. Stamper et al. plaintiffs in error, vs. John B. Griffin, defendant 1856-06
The Governor ex rel. Abner M. House, plaintiff in error, vs. The Justices of the Inferior Court of Talbot County, defendants in error 1856-06
Richard V. Carter, plaintiff in error, vs. Joseph McMichael, defendant 1856-06
W. R. Murphey, plaintiff in error, vs. A. Murphey, administrator, &c. defendant in error 1856-08
John S. Pool, plaintiff in error, vs. Robert Huff and Cornelius Stewart, defendants in error 1856-08
John McRory, administrator, &c. plaintiff in error, vs. Matthew Sykes and others, defendants in error 1856-08
Columbus M. Payne, plaintiff in error, vs. James A. Coursey, defendant in error 1856-08
Wm. H. Erek, plaintiff in error, vs. James E. Odena, John Lynch and P. Mularky, defendants 1856-08
Leander W. Crook, guardian for John Thompson, plaintiff in error, vs. Edward H. Garrett, defendant in error 1856-08
James H. Rogers, plaintiff in error, vs. Appleton Mandeville, defendant in error 1856-08
George T. Long, plaintiff in error, vs. James H. Lewis, defendant in error 1856-08
John Shannon, administrator, &c. plaintiff in error, vs. Andrew M. Fuller, defendant in error 1856-08
William B. Chapman, plaintiff in error, vs. John M. Smith, defendant in error 1856-08
Daniel McNeill, plaintiff in error, vs. Harvey Rousseau, defendant in error 1856-08
David Winkle, plaintiff in error, vs. The State of Georgia, defendant in error 1856-08
Eli S. Hill, plaintiff in error, vs. John S. McCulloch, defendant in fi. fa. and James Edmondson, claimant, defendant in error 1856-08
Newton M. Foster, plaintiff in error, vs. Samuel Rutherford, defendant in error 1856-08
James Edmondson, plaintiff in error, vs. A. M. Wallace, for the use of William Wallace, defendant in error 1856-08
Joseph Davis, plaintiff in error, vs. The State of Georgia, defendant in error 1856-08
Obadiah Abbott, plaintiff in error, vs. James H. Holland, defendant in error 1856-08
Alexander G. Bullock, plaintiff in error, vs. Russell H. Cannon, administrator of Nathaniel H. Bullock, deceased, defendant in error 1856-08
Thomas J. Payne, plaintiff in error, vs. Ira E. Smith and Luther M. Smith, defendants in error 1856-08
Nathan Bass, plaintiff in error, vs. J. B. Winfry, defendant in error 1856-08
Quincy R. Boring and his Wife, plaintiffs in error, vs. James D. Rollins, executor, &c. defendant 1856-08
Newton M. Foster, plaintiff in error, vs. Samuel Rutherford, defendant in error; Samuel Rutherford, plaintiff, vs. Townsend, Crane & Co. defendants 1856-08
John Doe, ex dem. of Michael C. Summerlin, plaintiff in error, vs. Richard Roe, cas. ejector, and Francis B. Hesterly, tenant in possession, and Jonathan Hardigree, co-defendant, defendants in error 1856-08
Nancy Goodwyn, plaintiff in error, vs. Napoleon B. Goodwyn, defendant in error 1856-08
Amos W. Hammond, plaintiff in error, vs. Alfred Hammond, defendant 1856-08
James M. Reid, plaintiff in error, vs. The State of Georgia, defendant in error 1856-08
Loyd & Pulliam, plaintiffs in error, vs. Wight, Griffeth & Co. defendants in error 1856-08
Alexander Cochran, plaintiff in error, vs. John W. Davis, defendant in error 1856-08
William Hening, plaintiff in error, vs. Alison Nelson et al. defendants; S. & L. Mowry, plaintiffs in error, vs. Alison Nelson et al. defendants 1856-08
Benson Roberts, administrator of Jefferson Adams, deceased, plaintiff in error, vs. William Prior, defendant in error 1856-08
Rice and Williams, plaintiffs in error, vs. William S. Johnson, defendant in error 1856-08
S. S. Norris, plaintiff in error, vs. P. S. Miller and others, defendants 1856-08
Peyton L. Wade et al. plaintiffs in error, vs. Sarah A. Powell, defendant in error 1856-08
Madison L. Lenoir, plaintiff in error, vs. James C. Weeks, defendant in error 1856-08
Charles Dawty, plaintiff in error, vs. Wm. Y. Hansell, defendant in error 1856-08
Daniel D. Duke, plaintiff in error, vs. Mayor and Council of the City of Rome, defendants in error 1856-08
Noah Lee, administrator of Larkin Formby, plaintiff in error, vs. James M. Hester, defendant in error 1856-08
D. Thornton, administrator, &c. plaintiff in error, vs. John C. Burch, executor, &c. defendant in error; John C. Burch, executor, &c. plaintiff in error, vs. D. Thornton, administrator, &c. defendant in error 1856-11
Oliver H. P. Canant, plaintiff in error, vs. James W. Mappin, administrator, &c. defendant in error 1856-11
Henry Watts, plaintiff in error, vs. Samuel Griswold, defendant in error 1856-11
Thomas Jacobs, plaintiff in error, vs. The State of Georgia, defendant 1856-11
John R. Carithers, plaintiff in error, vs. Stinson S. Jarrell, defendant in error 1856-11
Pierce Bailey, plaintiff in error, vs. The State of Georgia 1856-11
Lewis P. Harwell and another, plaintiffs in error, vs. John B. Fitts, for the use, &c. defendant 1856-11
Eliza Pope, plaintiff in error, vs. Robert Toombs, defendant in error; Robert Toombs, plaintiff in error, vs. Eliza Pope, defendant in error 1856-11
Andrew Park and others, plaintiffs in error, vs. James F. Barron, defendant in error 1856-11
Jesse H. Hinton, plaintiff in error, vs. John T. Lindsay, defendant in error 1856-11
Efford M. Booker and others, executors, &c. plaintiffs in error, vs. James S. Booker and others, defendants in error 1856-11
Frances A. Jones and others, plaintiffs in error, vs. Mitchell B. Jones, admr, &c. et al. defendants in error 1856-11
Joseph Vickery, plaintiff in error, vs. Lemuel Scott et al. defendants in error 1856-11
Cornelius Johnson, administrator, &c. plaintiff in error, vs. Phebe Yancey, administratrix, &c. defendant in error 1856-11
Elizabeth Gaither, plaintiff in error, vs. Henry Gaither and others, defendants in error 1856-11
Alexander M. Brown, plaintiff in error, vs. Joseph Winship, defendant in error 1856-11
Charles B. Sisson and others, plaintiffs in error, vs. John R. Matthews and others, defendants in error 1856-11
The Justices of The Inferior Court of Clarke County, plaintiffs in error, vs. Greene B. Haygood, administrator, &c. defendant 1856-11
Robert Henderson, plaintiff in error, vs. Samuel S. Pitman, defendant in error 1856-11
John Gray and another, plaintiffs in error, vs. Sarah Gray and others, defendants 1856-11
Stapleton C. Burch et al. plaintiffs in error, vs. John C. Burch, exr, &c. defendant in error 1856-11
Greene B. Haygood, administrator, &c. plaintiff in error, vs. The Justices of the Inferior Court, &c. defendants in error 1856-11
Jesse Cohron, plaintiff in error, vs. The State of Georgia 1856-11
Alexander Johnston, plaintiff in error, vs. Benjamin F. Tatum, defendant in error 1856-11
Edward T. Lyner, vs. Archibald M. Jackson, defendant in error 1856-11
Efford M. Booker et al. executors, &c. plaintiffs in error, vs. John M. Booker et al. defendants 1856-11
Isaac Willingham, guardian, plaintiff in error, vs. Benjamin F. Bentley and another, executors of E. Garrett, deceased 1856-11
Columbus F. Shivers, admr, &c. plaintiff in error, vs. Benjamin F. Latimer, executor, &c. defendant in error 1856-11