Hand v. Yahoola Min. Co.
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Georgia
[Suit by Nathan H. Hand against the Ya-hoola Mining Company.] This cause was submitted on motion to open a judgment by default.
1Opinion of the Court
WOODS, Circuit Judge.
The declaration was filed on the 15th day of February, 1871, and summons was served in the same month. On the 10th of March, 1871, Printup & For-ché, attorneys, filed for the defendant, the plea of the general issue, signing themselves as attorneys for defendant, and for the stockholders of the company. On March 22, 1871, the court struck said plea from the files, because said attorneys, on a rule to show their authority to appear for said company failed to do so, and on the ground that the stockholders could not be admitted to defend the suit, and the court refused to…
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