Mims v. Lockett
Supreme Court of Georgia
In Equity, in Bibb Superior Court, tried before Judge Harris, at December Term, 1860. The facts of this case are fully stated in the opinion of the Court as pronounced by Mr. Justice Lyon.
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court —
Lyon, J., delivering the opinion.
This was a bill filed by Abner M. Lockett against Need-ham Mims, Thomas N. Mims, and William Holmes, sheriff of Bibb County, for specific performance and injunction. The facts alleged in the bill are, that the complainant intermarried with the daughter of the defendant, Needham Mims, in the year 1849; that at, and previous to, the intermarriage, he, complainant, was engaged as contractor, at work with his hands, on the South Western Railroad, which was a lucra*10tive business; that he was about to engage with others in another and very profitable…
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