Milligan v. Milledge
Supreme Court of the United States
Error to the Circuit Court for the district of Georgia, in chancery •sitting. The object of the bill was to recover from the defendants, as legatees and devisees of George Galphin, deceased, a debt due by him to the complainant’s intestate, as surviving partner of Clark & Milligan.
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Error to the Circuit Court for the district of Georgia, in chancery •sitting. The object of the bill was to recover from the defendants, as legatees and devisees of George Galphin, deceased, a debt due by him to the complainant’s intestate, as surviving partner of Clark & Milligan. The bill charged, that Clark & Milligan were merchants in London; that Milligan survived Clark, and that the complainant was the administrator of Milligan, the survivor; that in the year 1770, they supplied George Galphin with goods; that in 1773, George Galphin requested them, by letter, to supply goods to his…
1Opinion of the Court
Marshall, Ch. J.
The court is of opinion, that the-court below erred in admitting the pleas, and dismissing the bill.
Judgment reversed. (a)
The decree of reversal was as follows: This cause coining on to be heard and considered, and counsel on the part of the appellant being heard, and the bill, pleas, and answers being read and considered, it is adjudged, ordered and decreed, that the-decree of the circuit court be reversed, with costs of this appeal; that the pleas of the-defendants be overruled, and that they be ordered and decreed to answer the bill exhibited against them.
2Cited by1 opinion
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