OF

CASES IN LAW AND EQUITY,

ARGUED AND DETERMINED IN THE

SUPREME COURT OF GEORGIA,

AT ATLANTA,

PARTS OF DECEMBER TERM, 1869, AND JUNE TERM, 1870.

VOLUME XL.

By N. J. HAMMOND, Reporter.

No

Law School

MACON, GEORGIANAM COLLECK

J. W. BURKE & CO., PUBLISHERS.

1871.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1871, by

N. J. HAMMOND,

In the office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington.

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JUDGES AND OFFICERS

OF THE

SUPREME COURT OF GEORGIA,

DURING THE PERIOD OF THESE REPORTS.

HON. JOSEPH E. BROWN, CHIEF JUSTICE,..... Atlanta.

....HON. JOHN D. POPE,

.HON. NOEL B. KNIGHT,..

Atlanta Circuit,....
Blue Ridge Circuit,..
Brunswick Circuit,.......
Chattahoochee Circuit,.....HoN. JAMES JOHNSON,.....
Cherokee Circuit,............ HoN. JOSIAH R. PARROTT,
Eastern Circuit, ..... ....HON. WILLIAM SCHLEY,.
Flint Circuit,
.....HON. JAMES W. GREEN,.......

.HON. W. M. SESSIONS,...............Blackshear.

Macon Circuit,.. ............HON. C. B. COLE,....
Middle Circuit,..............HON. WILLIAM GIBSON,.

...Atlanta.

.Marietta.

....Columbus.

.Cartersville.

.Savannah.

.Thomaston.

.Macon.

..Augusta.

Northern Circuit, ....... ..HON. GARNETT ANDREWS,.. ....... Washington. Ocmulgee Circuit,............HoN. PHILLIP B. ROBINSON,...... Greensboro.

Pataula Circuit,...........

Rome Circuit, ........

.HON. DAVID B. HARRELL,...................

.HON. F. A. KIRBY,...

..Preston.

Southern Circuit,......................................HON. JOHN R. ALEXANDER,

.......

..Rome. .Thomasville.

Tallapoosa Circuit,...........HoN. JOHN S. BIGBY,... ...........Newnan. Western Circuit,..................HON. C. D. DAVIS,.........................................................................) ..Monroe.