Legal Opinion

South Georgia & Florida Railroad v. Ayres

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided January 15, 1876PublishedCited by 7 opinions

Evidence. Practice in the Superior Court. • Corporations. Stock. Practice in the Supreme Court. Before Judge Wright. Mitchell Superior Court. May Term, 1875. Reported in the opinion.

1Opinion of the Court

Bleckley, Judge.

Plaintiff recovered, and the court granted a new trial. The action was brought in the short statutory form to. recover a balance of the defendant’s subscription to the capital stock of the South Georgia and Florida Railroad Company. The declaration was originally in the name of certain persons, describing themselves as president and directors, doing railroad business under the name, firm and style of the “South Georgia and Florida Railroad Company.” It alleged that the defendant was indebted to them in the sum of $500 00 on a subscription, and referred to a copy annexed, but…

2Cited by7 opinions

  1. South Carolina Railroad v. NixSupreme Court of Georgia · 1882
  2. Hodgkins v. MarshallSupreme Court of Georgia · 1897
  3. Dotson v. Savannah Pure Food Canning Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1913
  4. Tomberlin v. Waycross Commercial Hotel Co.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1930
  5. A. & S. C. R. Co. v. HillOregon Supreme Court · 1890

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