Reports of Cases in Law and Equity, Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of the State of Georgia, in the Year ...

CASES IN LAW AND EQUITY,

IN THE

SUPREME COURT OF GEORGIA,

AT MILLEDGEVILLE.

PART OF DECEMBER TERM, 1887, AND OF JUNE TERM, 1868.

VOLUME XXXVII.

No.

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By N. J. HAMMOND, Reporter.

Macon, Georgia:

J. W. BURKE & CO., PUBLISHERS.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1869, by
N. J. HAMMOND,

In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the
Northern District of Georgia.

OFFICERS OF THE SUPREME COURT.

Hon. HIRAM WARNER, Chief Justice, GREENVILLE.
Hon. IVERSON L. HARRIS, MILLEDGEVILLle.

Hon. DAWSON A. WALKER, DALTON.

N. J. HAMMOND, Reporter, ATLANTA.
CHARLES W. DUBOSE, Clerk, SPARTA.

JUDGES OF THE SUPERIOR COURTS,

PRESIDING DURING THE PERIOD OF THESE REPORTS.

Blue Ridge Circuit.......

Brunswick Circuit........

Cherokee Circuit.........

.Hon. DAVID IRWIN............................

.Hon. W. M. SESSIONS.....

Chattahoochee Circuit.......Hon. E. H. WORRILL.

Coweta Circuit........
Eastern Circuit..........

Flint Circuit...
Macon Circuit.
Middle Circuit............
Northern Circuit........
Ocmulgee Circuit.........................
Pataula Circuit........
Southern Circuit.....

..Hon. JAMES MILNER.....
...Hon. JOHN COLLIER.....
..Hon. W. B. FLEMMING..
...Hon. A. M. SPEER.
.Hon. C. B. COLE........
.Hon. Wм. GIBSON..

.Hon. Wм. M. REESE.......

Hon. AUGUSTUS REESE*.

{Hon. N. U. FOSTER*,

.Marietta.
..Holmesville.

..Talbotton.

.Cartersville.

..Atlanta.
..Savannah.

..Forsyth.

.Macon. .......Augusta. Washington.

Madison.
.Madison.

South-Western Circuit......Hon. DAVID A. VASON.....

.Thomasville.

..Albany.

allapoosa Circuit .....
.......... Hon. W. H. UNDERWOOD.............................. .Rome.
estern Circuit......... ..Hon. N. L. HUTCHINS............Lawrenceville.

Gen. JOHN D. POPE removed Judge REESE for refusing to carry out his Jury
Mer, and appointed Judge FoSTER in his stead