Richardson v. Roberts
Supreme Court of Georgia
Equity, from Crawford county. Decision by Judge Lamar, at chambers. Tne complainant filed a bill for relief and injunction, alleging that a verdict had:been obtained against him in the Superior Court of Crawford county, at the- instance of'defendant, in ah action on the case for words, by the wilful and corrupt perjury of Nathaniel Griggs, a witness sworn in said case for the plaintiff; that it was not until after the final judgment in said' case had heen rendered; that…
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Equity, from Crawford county. Decision by Judge Lamar, at chambers. Tne complainant filed a bill for relief and injunction, alleging that a verdict had:been obtained against him in the Superior Court of Crawford county, at the- instance of'defendant, in ah action on the case for words, by the wilful and corrupt perjury of Nathaniel Griggs, a witness sworn in said case for the plaintiff; that it was not until after the final judgment in said' case had heen rendered; that complainant ascertained that he could prove that the testimony of Griggs, on said trial, was fálse, by. several witnesses,…
1Opinion of the Court
*674 By the Court.
Benning, J.
delivering the opinion.
Was the Court right in refusing its sanction to this bill ? We think so.
“ Any verdict or judgment, rule or order of Court, which may have been obtained or entered up, shall be set aside, and shall be of no effect, if it shall appear’that the same was obtained or entered up in consequence of wilful and corrupt perjury; and it shall be the duty of the Court in which such verdict, judgment, rule or order, may have been obtained or entered up, to cause the same to be set aside upon motion and notice to the adverse“party; but it shall not be…
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