Warner v. Graves
Supreme Court of Georgia
, In equity, from Burke county. Decided by Judge Holt, .April Term, 1858. This cause, wherein Samuel Warner was complainant, and Joseph A. Graves and Anderson P. Longstreet were defendants, and in which cause the said Joseph A. and Anderson P. had filed their cross bill, came on for trial upon appeal on the bill and cross bill; and the said parties being at issue upon a special jury, Warner moved the Court to compel the said Joseph A. and Anderson P. to deliver in Court, to…
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, In equity, from Burke county. Decided by Judge Holt, .April Term, 1858. This cause, wherein Samuel Warner was complainant, and Joseph A. Graves and Anderson P. Longstreet were defendants, and in which cause the said Joseph A. and Anderson P. had filed their cross bill, came on for trial upon appeal on the bill and cross bill; and the said parties being at issue upon a special jury, Warner moved the Court to compel the said Joseph A. and Anderson P. to deliver in Court, to be read in evidence to the jury, two certain deeds, copies of which had been made exhibits to the original bill, and…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court.
McDonald J.
delivering the opinion.
[1.] It is contended that inasmuch as the complainant voluntarily dismissed his bill, he cannot be heard on a motion to re-instate; that this Court has decided that it was constituted to review the judgments of Courts, and not to rectify the mistakes of parties, and that it will not entertain jurisdiction of a cause, the object of which is to correct a party’s own error. Without examining the cases on which the-counsel for defendants in error rely, it is sufficient to say that no case like this has been referred to as having been adjudicated by…
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