Supreme Court of Georgia, 1867

188 opinions

Wright Martin and Joseph G. Yates, administrator of Jackson Martin, plaintiffs in error, vs. M. M. Tidwell, John Favor, et al., defendants in error 1867-06
Eliab W. Wells, administrator of James Wilder, plaintiff in error, vs. Mary C. Wilder, defendant in error 1867-06
Samuel Palfus, plaintiff in error, vs. The State, defendant in error 1867-06
Justices of the Inferior Court of Twiggs County, plaintiffs in error, vs. E. S. Griffin et al., defendants in error 1867-06
George W. Henderson, plaintiff in error, vs. William H. Turner and John W. Howard, defendants in error 1867-06
Alfred, alias Oliver Adams, negro, plaintiff in error, vs. William McKay, defendant in error 1867-06
George Washington, (negro,) plaintiff in error, vs. The State of Georgia, defendant in error 1867-06
James Rutherford, plaintiff in error, vs. James Newsom, defendant in error 1867-06
J. M. & R. W. Wade & Co., plaintiffs in error, vs. Thomas H. Stout, defendant in error; Wm. L. Mitchell, plaintiff in error, vs. David Williams, defendant in error 1867-06
Thomas W. Howell and Farley B. Adams, plaintiffs in error, vs. Joseph A. L. Lee, defendant in error 1867-06
George Washington, (Negro) plaintiff in error, vs. The State of Georgia, defendant in error 1867-06
James F. OKelly, plaintiff in error, vs. The Athens Manufacturing Company, defendant in error 1867-06
Augustus R. Raiford, plaintiff in error, vs. James Hyde, defendant in error 1867-06
Leonard Worthy, plaintiff in error, vs. Mary A. Worthy, by her prochein ami, Nathan Respass, defendant in error 1867-06
Jesse Lowe, Robert B. Camp et al. plaintiffs in error, vs. Robert Craig, defendant; Jesse Lowe, James Garmany, et al., plaintiffs in error, vs. George W. F. Craig, defendant 1867-06
Nathan Bass, plaintiff in error, vs. William Freeman, Sr., defendant in error 1867-06
John T. Dickinson, et al., plaintiffs in error, vs. Taliakerro Jones and Jesse M. Thornton et uxor, defendants in error 1867-06
Giles Shute, plaintiff in error, vs. The State of Georgia, defendant in error 1867-06
Christopher McRae, plaintiff in error, vs. Wiley Adams, defendant in error 1867-06
The Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Savannah, plaintiff in error, vs. Eliza G. Burroughs, defendant in error 1867-06
Kennon & Klink, plaintiffs in error, vs. Evans, Gardner & Co., defendants in error 1867-06
Andrew Robin, plaintiff in error, vs. Nobles and Mitchel, defendants in error 1867-06
Shabrack Wall, plaintiff in error, vs. Bartley McCrary, defendant in error 1867-06
James M. Jones, plaintiff in error, vs. George T. Rogers and Son, defendants in error 1867-06
Roderick Rutland, plaintiff in error, vs. Thomas Hathorn, defendant in error 1867-06
Calhoun & Beddingfield, plaintiffs in error, vs. The Manufacturers Bank of Macon, defendant in error 1867-06
Henry S. Davis, administrator, et al., plaintiff in error, vs. Wyatt R. Singleton and William A. Black, defendants in error 1867-06
The State of Tennessee, plaintiff in error, vs. J. S. Virgin, administrator of T. Cherry, deceased, defendant in error 1867-06
Howell Cherry, plaintiff in error, vs. James E. Walker, defendant in error 1867-06
John T. Brown, plaintiff in error, vs. The South-Western Railroad Company, defendant in error; The South-Western Railroad Company, plaintiff in error, vs. John T. Brown, defendant in error 1867-06
James S. Odom, plaintiff in error, vs. Harriet Odom, defendant in error 1867-06
Joseph Engel, petitioner, vs. Alexander M. Speer, Judge of the Flint Circuit 1867-06
Wiley Black, negro, plaintiff in error, vs. The State of Georgia, defendant in error 1867-06
The Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Savannah, plaintiffs in error, vs. Virginia J. Cohen, administratrix of Isaac S. Cohen, deceased, defendant in error 1867-06
Miles G. Dobbins, plaintiff in error, vs. Chas. L. Dupree, defendant in error 1867-06
William A. Skrine, Jr., plaintiff in error, vs. Joseph T. Simmons, defendant in error 1867-06
John F. Tucker, plaintiff in error, vs. Henry L. Toomer, defendant in error 1867-06
E. W. Jackson, plaintiff in error vs. M. E. Sparks, defendant in error 1867-06
John Doe, ex dem., Philip P. Clayton, Nelson Tift, et al., plaintiffs in error, vs. Richard Roe, Cas. Ejector, and Samuel Palfus, defendants in error 1867-06
John W. Lewis, Superintendent of Western and Atlantic Railroad Company, plaintiff in error, vs. Susan Whidbee, defendant in error 1867-06
Henry T. Smith, et al., plaintiffs in error, vs. Boykin R. Smith, defendant in error 1867-06
William E. Jackson and George F. Jackson, executors of John K. Jackson, plaintiff in error, vs. The Southern Mutual Life Insurance Company, defendant in error 1867-06
John H. Newton and John J. M. McCullough, plaintiffs in error, vs. John M. Bailey, defendant in error 1867-06
Charles W. Rawson, plaintiff in error, vs. James W. Powell, defendant in error 1867-06
Y. G. Rust, survivor of Sims & Rust, petitioner, vs. G. W. Garmany, Agent of The Mechanics and Loan Aso ciation 1867-06
John Doe, ex dem., James D. Shanks, et al., plaintiff in error, vs. Richard Roe, cas. ejector, and Daniel White, tenant, defendant in error 1867-06
South-western Railroad Company, plaintiff in error, vs. Thomas Pickett, defendant in error 1867-06
James Williams, plaintiff in error, vs. James L. Waters, defendant in error 1867-06
Doe, ex dem. of Elisha M. King, plaintiff in error, vs. Roe, cas. ejector, and J. D. Leeves, tenant, defendant in error 1867-06
Samuel Adams, plaintiff in error, vs. William H. Adams, defendant in error 1867-06
John Doe, ex dem. of John Hollis, Alexander Stewart, Lewis S. Zachry, W. G. Kolb, and Abner Parrott, plaintiff in errror, vs. Richard Roe, cas. ejector, and Seth C. Stevens, tenant in possession, defendant in error 1867-06
Andrew J. Floyd, plaintiff in error, vs. The State of Georgia, defendant in error 1867-06
The State of Georgia, plaintiff in error, vs. Bradford and Snow, defendants in error 1867-06
Benjamin Mordecai, plaintiff in error, vs. James Stewart, defendant in error 1867-06
The Mayor and Aldermen of Savannah, plaintiffs in error, vs. Thomas J. Charlton, defendant in error 1867-06
E. E. Field, administrator of Elijah M. Field, deceased, plaintiff in error, vs. John F. Leak and Wm. W. Leak, makers, and Henry P. Farrow, endorser, defendants in error 1867-06
William Sanders et al., plaintiffs in error, vs. John Etcherson, defendant in error 1867-06
James W. Armstrong, plaintiff in error, vs. C. W. Hand and D. Bagley, defendants in error 1867-06
Thomas C. Howard, plaintiff in error, vs. Samuel A. Durand, defendant in error 1867-06
Richard D. Durrett et al., plaintiffs in error, vs. Elbert M. Rucker and William M. Haslett, executors of Joseph Rucker, deceased, defendants in error 1867-06
Thomas Milam, plaintiff in error, vs. Rebecca Sproull, defendant in error 1867-06
John H. Elder, plaintiff in error, vs. Absalom Ogletree, executor of Joshua Elder, deceased, defendant in error 1867-06
James Archer, plaintiff in error, vs. John M. Greer, administrator of Robert Carver, for use of D. H. Wilcox & Co., defendant in error 1867-06
Patrick McIntyre, plaintiff in error, vs. Jas. M. Green, defendant in error 1867-06
Hiram Sharp, Sr., plaintiff in error, vs. Thomas Bonner, Sr., Administrator of W. S. Bonner, deceased, defendant in error 1867-06
M. C. Summerlin, plaintiff in error, vs. John T. Dent and Joseph E. Dent, executors of Wm. B. Dent, deceased, defendants in error 1867-06
Gilbert Jones, negro, plaintiff in error, vs. The State, defendant in error 1867-06
Archibald Kiser, plaintiff in error, vs. The State of Georgia, defendant in error 1867-06
Wm. Newsom, guardian, ad litem, of Celina E. Ramsey, vs. Jesse Tucker, executor of Benjamin Ramsey, deceased, defendant in error 1867-06
John T. Crim, plaintiff in error, vs. Stephen A. Sellars, defendant in error 1867-12
W. T. Vanduzer, administrator of Ira Christian, deceased, plaintiff in error, vs. Robert McMillan, defendant in error 1867-12
Merritt Camp, plaintiff in error, vs. Evan Howell, defendant in error 1867-12
James A. Moreland, in right of his wife, et al., plaintiffs in error, vs. Ambrose Hunley, defendant in error 1867-12
Wm. Solomon et al, plaintiffs in error, vs. Richard Peters, defendant in error 1867-12
John D. Wilkes, guardian, etc., plaintiff in error, vs. Angus Hughes, defendant in error 1867-12
John C. Clark, plaintiff in error, vs. The State of Georgia, defendant in error 1867-12
David F. Bryan and Henry M. Bryan, plaintiffs in error, vs. The South-Western Rail Road Company, defendant in error 1867-12
Martha Bivins, plaintiff in error, vs. James H. Bivins, defendant in error 1867-12
Doe, ex dem., Duke Crenshaw, et al., plaintiffs in error vs. Jno. W. Robinson, executor, et al., defendants in error 1867-12
David Mayer, plaintiff in error, vs. George W. Reed & Co., defendants in error 1867-12
John H. Walton, et al., plaintiff, vs. Marion Bethune, et. al., defendants in error 1867-12
William L. Aycock, sheriff, plaintiff in error, vs. William N. Martin, administrator, etc., defendant in error; Johnson F. Cunningham, sheriff, plaintiff in error, vs. William A. Calclough, defendant in error; Alexander B. Hendry, plaintiff in error, vs. John McK. Gunn, sheriff, defendant in error; Peter A. Heard, and Towns, sheriff, plaintiffs in error, vs. A. B. Jones, executor of Joel D. Newsom, defendant in error 1867-12
J. L. Baker, et al., plaintiffs in error, vs. Jno. W. Wright, et uxor, defendants in error 1867-12
Jas. W. Simmons, administrator of Wm. W. Devereux, et al., plaintiffs in error, vs. John B. Latimer, et al., defendants in error 1867-12
Sasseen & Whitaker, plaintiffs in error, vs. William E. Clark, defendant in error 1867-12
R. W. RICHARDSON et al., plaintiffs in error, vs. R. D. Harvey, administrator of William H. Yonell, deceased, defendant in error 1867-12
The Mechanics Bank, plaintiff in error, vs. Stephen D. Heard, defendant in error 1867-12
The Georgia Rail Road and Banking Company, plaintiff in error, vs. Henry M. Scott, defendant in error 1867-12
Wm. S. Jones, plaintiff in error, vs. Edward W. Harker, defendant in error 1867-12
Barnett & Co., plaintiffs in error, vs. Benjamin Thompson, defendant in error 1867-12
Charles A. Taylor, executor of James N. Taylor, plaintiff in error, vs. Martin L. Harp and William B. Jones, sheriff, defendants in error 1867-12
John W. Baker, plaintiff in error, vs. Edward T. Shepherd, administrator, etc., of John T. Warren, defendant in fi. fa., and L. Bryan, claimant, defendants in error 1867-12
Nelson Jones, free person of color, et al., plaintiff in error, vs. The State, defendant in error 1867-12
High & Co. and J. J. Morrison, plaintiffs in error, vs. J. W. Childers, administratrix of Haden M. Prior, deceased, defendant in error 1867-12
Jehu Phillips, plaintiff in error, vs. William S. Gaston, defendant in error 1867-12
James P. Graves, plaintiff in error, vs. Peter J. Strozier, defendant in error 1867-12
Louis Stix & Co., plaintiffs in error, vs. S. Pump & Co., defendants in error 1867-12
Samuel D. Irvin, administrator of Thomas J. Johnson, plaintiff in error, vs. John T. Howard, principal, John B. Vanover and John T. Sims, securities, defendants in error 1867-12
John Doe, ex dem. of Wm. P. Dearmond, et al., plaintiff in error, vs. Richard Roe, cas. ejector, and Isaac Brooking, tenant, defendant in error 1867-12
Ben Horne, et al., plaintiffs in error, vs. The State, defendant in error 1867-12
Doe, ex dem. of John U. Stephens, plaintiff in error, vs. Roe, cas. ejector, and Hosea Mattox et al., tenants, defendants in error 1867-12
The Southern Express Company, plaintiff in error, vs. Edward B. Purcell, defendant in error 1867-12
Mason & Fant et al., plaintiffs in error, vs. S. Stricker & Co., et al., defendants in error 1867-12
The Mayor and Aldermen, of the city of Savannah, plaintiffs in error, vs. Algernon S. Hartridge, defendant, in error 1867-12
Henry L. Toomer, plaintiff in error, vs. Henry J. Dickerson, defendant in error 1867-12
William J. Reid, plaintiff in error, vs. Newton P. Brinson, executor of Matthew Brinson, defendant in error 1867-12
Charles F. McCay, plaintiff in error, vs. F. C. Barber & Son, defendants in error 1867-12
William Markham, plaintiff in error, vs. Perino Brown et al., defendants in error 1867-12
Thomas W. Dupree, Executor of James B. Eddins, deceased, et al., plaintiffs in error, vs. James H. Price, defendant in error 1867-12
Sibi Culberson, plaintiff in error, vs. John P. Culberson, Executor of James Culberson, deceased, defendant in error 1867-12
John T. Lloyd, plaintiff in error, vs. Isaac Cheney, defendant in error 1867-12
Sarah A. Hill, plaintiff in error, vs. Wm. T. Vanduzer, et al., defendants in error 1867-12
George F. Robenson, plaintiff in error, vs. David A. Vason, et al., defendants in error 1867-12
Robert OBarr, plaintiff in error, vs. Alexander and Trammell, defendants in error 1867-12
Samuel A. Greer, administrator of James Greer, et al., plaintiffs in error, vs. George N. Henderson, defendant in error 1867-12
Early W. Thrasher, et al., plaintiffs in error, vs. Abner M. Partee and wife, defendants in error 1867-12
William C. Hendricks, executor of John Hendricks, deceased, et al., plaintiffs in error, vs. Daniel R. Mitchell, et al., defendants in error 1867-12
Roe, casual ejector, and Jno. D. Field, Junior, tenant in possession, plaintiff in error, vs. Doe, ex dem. of Willard Boynton, administrator of David B. Squires, deceased, et al., defendants in error 1867-12
Benjamin Mordecai, plaintiff in error, vs. James Stewart, defendant in error 1867-12
William Douherty et al., plaintiffs in error, vs. Seaborn Jones et al., defendants in error 1867-12
Duff Green, plaintiff in error, vs. The East Tennessee and Georgia Railroad, defendant in error 1867-12
James S. Jones, plaintiff in error, vs. Archibald McCrea, defendant in error 1867-12
James G. Smith, executor of Elias D. Hines, deceased, plaintiff in error, vs. Elijah Rosser, defendant in error 1867-12
James S. Green, plaintiff in error, vs. John A. Shields, defendant in error 1867-12
Dunlap Scott, trustee of Amanda C. Smith, plaintiff in error, vs. Wm. O. Saffold, defendant in error 1867-12
Mary J. King, plaintiff in error, vs. Joshua King, et al., defendants in error 1867-12
Harmon M. Reynolds, et al., caveators, plaintiffs in error, vs. George F. Bristow & John J. Kent, propounders 1867-12
Stephen H. Williams, plaintiff in error, vs. James D. Green, defendant in error 1867-12
Miles G. Dobbins, plaintiff in error, vs. Orange & Alexandria Rail Road Company, defendant, and Campbell Wallace, Superintendent of The Western & Atlantic Rail Road, garnishee, defendants in error 1867-12
Wm. Ingles and W. W. Walker, plaintiffs in error, vs. P. W. Walker, administrator of Elijah Walker, deceased, defendant in error 1867-12
Foute & Veal, plaintiffs in error, vs. Massey & Lansdell, defendants in error 1867-12
John T. Shewmake et uxor, and Thomas A. Parsons et uxor, et al., plaintiffs in error, vs. Executors of Henry P. Jones, et al., defendants in error 1867-12
Alexander M. Wallace, administrator of Wm. Wallace, deceased, et al., plaintiffs in error, vs. W. A. Walker, executor of Wm. Wallace, deceased, defendant in error 1867-12
Dalton City Company, plaintiff in error, vs. Hawes & Willoughby, defendants in error 1867-12
W. C. and N. C. Campbell, executors of Catlett Campbell, deceased, plaintiffs in error, vs. Ernest C. Campbell, et al., heirs and legatees, and Wm. H. Campbell, et. al., creditors of deceased, defendants in error 1867-12
Roe, cas. ejec., and Elizabeth Grubb, tenant, plaintiff in error, vs. Doe, ex. dem. of Jacob Kalb et al., defendants in error 1867-12
Henry Summerford, administrator of James Sullivan, deceased, plaintiff in error, vs. James Gilbert, defendant in error 1867-12
Martin Conner, plaintiff in error, vs. Southern Express Company, defendant in error 1867-12
Augustus W. Wheat, plaintiff in error, vs. Charles W. Arnold, defendant in error 1867-12
Miles Green, plaintiff in error, vs. James Collins, defendant in error 1867-12
D. H. Burts, Administrator of Wade H. Gordon, deceased, plaintiff in error, vs. J. R. and H. M. Duncan, Executors of John S. Duncan, deceased, defendants in error 1867-12
George W. Hass, plaintiff in error, vs. Sarah E. Gardner, defendant in error 1867-12
Anna E. Smith, plaintiff in error, vs. Charles H. Smith, administrator of William R. Smith, deceased, defendant in error 1867-12
The Covington Mills Company, plaintiff in error, vs. John W. B. Summers, administrator of Andrew J. Summers, defendant in error 1867-12
T. C. Brown, plaintiff in error, vs. Elizabeth Padgett, defendant in error 1867-12
Green B. Hurley, et al., plaintiffs in error, vs. David D. Gauly and Chas. R. Burke, defendants in error 1867-12
E. Wilhelms, plaintiff in error, vs. Noble Brothers & Co., defendants in error 1867-12
Thomas W. Harvey, plaintiff in error, vs. William A. Daniel, defendant in error 1867-12
The Atlanta and West Point Railroad Company, plaintiff in error, vs. Lovick P. Hodnett, defendant in error 1867-12
The Southern Express Company, plaintiff in error, vs. George T. Barnes, trustee for his Wife, defendant in error 1867-12
A. Louis & Co., et al., plaintiffs in error, vs. Bamberger, Bloom & Co., et al., defendants in error 1867-12
Penfold, Clay & Co., plaintiffs in error, vs. F. P. Singleton & Co., defendants in error 1867-12
B. A. Wise, plaintiff in error, vs. Copley, Stone & Co., for the use of W. L. LeConte, defendant in error; A. J. Riddle, plaintiff in error, vs. The Same, defendant in error 1867-12
Moses P. Green, plaintiff in error, vs. Benjamin F. Hall, administrator, de bonis non, cum testamento annexo of William Fulcher, deceased, defendant in error 1867-12
John R. Moody, plaintiff in error, vs. John Ellerbie, administrator of Stephen Royal, deceased, defendant in error 1867-12
Shelton Oliver and Richard W. Wootten, executors, &c., plaintiffs in error, vs. L. C. Coleman et. al., defendants in error 1867-12
The Eufaula Home Insurance Company, plaintiff in error, vs. Plant & Cubbedge, defendants in error 1867-12
F. B. Brown and Wife, et al., caveators, plaintiffs in errror, vs. Jesse B. Carroll, propounder of the will of Mary Ann E. Simmons, deceased, defendant in error 1867-12
William A. Rawson, plaintiff in error, vs. William F. Davis, Sheriff, John W. Jones, et al., defendants in error 1867-12
Louis Stix & Co., plaintiffs in error, vs. S. Pump & Co., defendants in error 1867-12
Southern Express Company, plaintiff in error, vs. Joseph M. Newby, defendant in error 1867-12
John D. Gray, et al. plaintiff in error, vs. Howell Lawson, for the use of Mary L. Prestwood, defendant in error 1867-12
Singleton A. Thornton, plaintiff in error, vs. Moses Hollis, defendant in error 1867-12
Valentine W. Boisclair, plaintiff in error, vs. John Jones, defendant in error 1867-12
Wm. G. Price, admr, et al., plaintiff in error, vs. Lorenzo D. Munroe, defendant in error 1867-12
Joseph R. Holliday, plaintiff in error, vs. R. M. McPherson & Co., and Hoge, Mills & Co., defendants in error 1867-12
Jacob L. Cobb, plaintiff in error, vs. Megrath & Patterson, defendants in error 1867-12
Aquila J. Orme, plaintiff in error, vs. R. M. McPherson, principal, and Campbell Wallace, security, defendants in error 1867-12
Samuel Montgomery, plaintiff in error, vs. William Walker and Sarah Walker, defendants in error 1867-12
John D. Pope, plaintiff in error, vs. William Solomons, E. H. Williams & Co., and William E. Watkins, defendants in error 1867-12
James M. Field, plaintiff in error, vs. Dawson A. Walker, defendant in error 1867-12
Lucy J. Whatley, et al., plaintiffs in error, vs. Zachariah Slaton, et al., defendants in error 1867-12
John Terhune, plaintiff in error, vs. James T. Dever, defendant in error 1867-12
Wm. A. Creamer, plaintiff in error, vs. Eliza Creamer and N. A. Smith, Solicitor General, defendants in error 1867-12
James Gibbons, alias Jim: Bently, &c., negro, plaintiff in error, vs. The State of Georgia, defendant in error 1867-12
Nathan W. Haines, plaintiff in error, vs. Elizabeth Curry, defendant in error 1867-12
Daniel Scott, plaintiff in error, vs. Amanda Scott, administratrix of Samuel Scott, deceased, and Thomas F. Jones, defendants in error 1867-12
Mary A. Cavenaugh and the Columbus Iron Works Company, plaintiffs in error, vs. Gotlief Ainchbacker, propounder of Susan Harriet Naigleys Will, defendant in error 1867-12
William J. Cox, plaintiff in error, vs. Sarah Felder, executrix de son tort of George D. Felder, defendant in error 1867-12
Willis P. Chisholm, Administrator of Wm. A. Chisholm, for the use of Chisholm & Adair, plaintiff in error, vs. Edwin A. Turner, defendant in error 1867-12
Mary A. Sands, plaintiff in error, vs. Michael Marburg, defendant in error 1867-12
1. Wm. M. Haslett, plaintiff in error, vs. Wm. T. Harris, defendant in error; 2. The New High Shoals Manufacturing Company, plaintiff in error, vs. Burrell B. Dykes, defendant in error 1867-12
Roe, Cas. Ejector, and Robert Ralston, tenant, plaintiffs in error, vs. Doe, ex. dem., of Francis Dover, et al., defendants in error 1867-12
James N. Scott, plaintiff in error, vs. Wm. J. P. Russell, principal, and H. W. Allen, security, defendants in error 1867-12
Jambs A. Ralston, by his guardian ad litem, plaintiff in error, vs. Beverly Thornton, administrator of James A. Ralston, deceased, and Nathan Bozeman and Wire, defendants in error 1867-12
L. R. & S. D. Wragg, plaintiffs in error, vs. B. M. Strickland, defendant in error 1867-12
The Liverpool Cotton Company, plaintiff in error, vs. Theodore Wiseman, defendant in error 1867-12
Pleasant J. Mullins, plaintiff in error, vs. Wm. H. Christopher, prochien ami of Pauline Christopher, defendant in error 1867-12