Alexander v. Edwin Bates & Co.
Supreme Court of Georgia
Soire facias, on bail bond and cause shown. In Gwinnett Superior Court. At March Term, 1861. Judgment by Judge Hutchins. ' Edwin Bates & Co. sued Job W. Harris and William H. Harvey, on a promissory note, and filed their affidavit, requiring bail.
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Soire facias, on bail bond and cause shown. In Gwinnett Superior Court. At March Term, 1861. Judgment by Judge Hutchins. ' Edwin Bates & Co. sued Job W. Harris and William H. Harvey, on a promissory note, and filed their affidavit, requiring bail. The defendants entered into a bail bond, with Thomas W. Alexander as security, the condition of which was in these words: “ If the said Job W. Harris and William H. Harvey, in case they are cast in said suit, shall well and truly pay and satisfy the condemnation of the Court, and abide by and perform the judgment of the Court, in terms of the law,…
1Opinion of the Court
By the, Court —
Jenkins, J., delivering the opinion.
1. The counsel for the defendant in error rests his motion to dismiss the case upon the fifth and sixth sections of the Act of 1856, entitled, “An Act to simplify the method of carrying cases to the Supreme Court, and for other purposes,” pamphlet 199. The fifth section, among other things, enacts that “ it shall be the duty of said Clerk, (of the Superior Court,) within ten days after said bill of exceptions shall have been filed in his office, to make out a copy of said bill of exceptions, and also a complete transcript.and copy of the…
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