Jordan v. Gaulden
Supreme Court of Georgia
Mamie L. Gaulden, a minor, by her next friend, D, L Gaulden, filed her bill against R. Jordan and J. W. Holliday, composing the firm of Jordan & Company, her mother, Mrs. Laura G. G. Winn, and the sheriff of Liberty county, alleging, in brief, as follows: Complainant is a minor, aged 14, a daughter of Wm. B. Gaulden, who died in Liberty .county in the year 1873 leaving, as his only heirs, his widow (who afterwards mar lied Theo.
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Mamie L. Gaulden, a minor, by her next friend, D, L Gaulden, filed her bill against R. Jordan and J. W. Holliday, composing the firm of Jordan & Company, her mother, Mrs. Laura G. G. Winn, and the sheriff of Liberty county, alleging, in brief, as follows: Complainant is a minor, aged 14, a daughter of Wm. B. Gaulden, who died in Liberty .county in the year 1873 leaving, as his only heirs, his widow (who afterwards mar lied Theo. N. Winn, a resident of Brooks county) and complainant; the estate of Gaulden was large, but insolvent, and in January, 1873, a year’s support of $1,250 each was duly…
1Opinion of the Court
Hall, Justice.
1. There is nothing in' the motion to dismiss this writ of error. The application for the injunction seems to have been heard upon the bill, answer and the exhibits attached to each of them. No other proofs were offered or considered, except such as these pleadings afforded ; they are a part of the record in the case, and there was no necessity to copy them in the bill of exceptions. 10 Ga., 1 (3); 62 Id., 617(1); 41 Id., 293.
It was not necessary for the plaintiffs in error to bring up their co-defendants in the bill, and to serve them with the bill of exceptions and writ of…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Headman v. RoseSupreme Court of Georgia · 1879
- Carey v. GilesSupreme Court of Georgia · 1851
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