Connally v. Rice
Supreme Court of Georgia
Practice in Supreme Court. Garnishment. Evidence. Executions. Before Judge Harris. Douglas Superior Court. January Term, 1886. In February, 1876, Z. A. Rice recovered a judgment against Fred. Aderhold, Jr. On April 4,1885, a summons of garnishment was served on W. H. Connally. He answered not indebted. The answer was traversed.
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Practice in Supreme Court. Garnishment. Evidence. Executions. Before Judge Harris. Douglas Superior Court. January Term, 1886. In February, 1876, Z. A. Rice recovered a judgment against Fred. Aderhold, Jr. On April 4,1885, a summons of garnishment was served on W. H. Connally. He answered not indebted. The answer was traversed. On the trial, it appeared that Connally kept a retail liquor store; that Aderhold gave to the treasurer of the town of Douglasville a note due one day after date for $150 in order to obtain a license for Connally, the amount of the note being one-half the cost of the…
1Opinion of the Court
Jackson, Chief Justice.
1. A motion was made to dismiss this case because the garnishee alone could not bring the case here for review, but must join the defendant in execution with him. It cannot be dismissed on that ground; but it is very confusedly brought up. The brief of evidence is referred to as in the record — the case coming up on the refusal of a motion fora new trial, but it is not in the record at all. Something purporting to be the brief, badly written and penciled, — mixed—comes in after the signature of counsel to the bill of exceptions, not referred to at all, or marked as an…
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