Lamar v. McDaniel
Supreme Court of Georgia
State. Indian Spring. Laws. Continuance- Before Judge Boynton. Butts Superior Court. March Term, 1886. To the report contained in the decision, the following ground of the motion for a new trial is added, in explanation of the ruling concerning a- continuance: Because the court erred in forcing defendant Lamar into the trial of said case under the following circumstances: It being represented to the court that Mr. W. Dessau, of Macon, Georgia, was the sole counsel for Lamar,…
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State. Indian Spring. Laws. Continuance- Before Judge Boynton. Butts Superior Court. March Term, 1886. To the report contained in the decision, the following ground of the motion for a new trial is added, in explanation of the ruling concerning a- continuance: Because the court erred in forcing defendant Lamar into the trial of said case under the following circumstances: It being represented to the court that Mr. W. Dessau, of Macon, Georgia, was the sole counsel for Lamar, and was then sick and confined to his bed in Macon, which facts were proved in open court by Colonel Lamar under oath…
1Opinion of the Court
Hall, Justice.
This was a suit at the instance of the governor of the State of Georgia against Henry J. Lamar and his co-defendant, Bryan, brought to forfeit their control to the management of the reservation at the Indian Spring. It was instituted under a resolution of the General Assembly, approved September 23d, 1883. This resolution was based upon information conveyed by the report of the attorney-general of the State, that “the lessee or agent” of the State in charge of the Indian Spring reserve had violated *550the law under which that reserve was put in his charge, by “subletting” the same;…
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