Butler v. Holmes
Supreme Court of Georgia
Injunction. Before Judge Felton. Bibb superior court. April 24, 1906. The plaintiff in error excepts to the granting of an interlocutory injunction against the prosecution of a suit in the city court of Macon. It appears that Mrs. Holmes executed a promissory note payable to her own order and indorsed by her in blank, to which she attached as collateral security a certificate of deposit issued to her by Robert H. Plant, doing business as “I. C. Plant’s Son, Banker.”
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Injunction. Before Judge Felton. Bibb superior court. April 24, 1906. The plaintiff in error excepts to the granting of an interlocutory injunction against the prosecution of a suit in the city court of Macon. It appears that Mrs. Holmes executed a promissory note payable to her own order and indorsed by her in blank, to which she attached as collateral security a certificate of deposit issued to her by Robert H. Plant, doing business as “I. C. Plant’s Son, Banker.” There was no indorsement or other written transfer on the certificate of deposit. The papers, in this condition, were…
1Opinion of the CourtAtkinson, J.
In his brief, counsel for the plaintiff in error rests his case entirely upon the question of whether or not the city ■court of Macon has jurisdiction to render Mrs. Holmes full and adequate relief for the wrongs of which she complains. It is ■conceded that the injunction was properly granted if the city court of Macon did not have jurisdiction. Consideration, therefore, will be restricted to the question as to whether that court had jurisdiction.. By the act creating the city court of Macon (Acts 1884-5, p. 470) it is provided, that “said city court of Macon shall have jurisdiction to try…
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