Officers of Court v. Hines & Hobbs
Supreme Court of Georgia
Motion, in Dougherty Superior "Court. Decided by Judge Richard H. Clark, at the June Term, 1863. This was a motion to enter up judgment against Messrs. Hines & Hobbs, attorneys-at-law, under the following circumstances, to wit: The defendants in error, as attorneys-at-law, instituted various suits in the Superior Court of Dougherty county, in favor of plaintiffs who resided out oí said county.
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Motion, in Dougherty Superior "Court. Decided by Judge Richard H. Clark, at the June Term, 1863. This was a motion to enter up judgment against Messrs. Hines & Hobbs, attorneys-at-law, under the following circumstances, to wit: The defendants in error, as attorneys-at-law, instituted various suits in the Superior Court of Dougherty county, in favor of plaintiffs who resided out oí said county. In all of said cases judgments were obtained in favor of the plaintiffs against the defendants. Writs oí fieri facias were issued from the judgments against the defendants, and returned nulla bona by…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court. —
Lumpkin, C. J., delivering the opinion.
The Court in this case held that the attorneys of non-resident plaintiffs were not liable for costs where executions had been issued against defendants, and nulla bona returned thereon, and his Honor, Judge Clark, quoted as his authority the judgment of the Supreme Court in Robinson et al., vs. George W. Jones, 30 Ga. Rep., 818.
While the obiter dieta, of the Court fully sustain the decision of the Judge, the case, I beg leave to remark, does not. What was that case? Mr. Downing, attorney of the plaintiff, who resided out of the county of…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Robinson v. TownsSupreme Court of Georgia · 1860