Carey v. Hoxey
Supreme Court of Georgia
In Equity, in Muscogee Superior Court. Decision by Judge Iverson. May Term, 1852. This bill was filed by Carey, as assignee, against several defendants, stockholders in the Chattahoochee Railroad and Banking Company. At May Term, 1852, counsel for complainant moved the Court for leave to strike out the name of John W. Sutlive, one of the defendants, and to dismiss the bill as to him, upon the following showing: 1st. The affidavit of Wm.
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In Equity, in Muscogee Superior Court. Decision by Judge Iverson. May Term, 1852. This bill was filed by Carey, as assignee, against several defendants, stockholders in the Chattahoochee Railroad and Banking Company. At May Term, 1852, counsel for complainant moved the Court for leave to strike out the name of John W. Sutlive, one of the defendants, and to dismiss the bill as to him, upon the following showing: 1st. The affidavit of Wm. B. Stokes, one of complainant’s counsel, that he had been informed and believed that Sutlive was dead, and had no legal representative in this State. 2d. The…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court.
Nisbet, J.
delivering the opinion.
To a correct understanding of the question of Equity practice made in this record, it is necessary to state, that the bill was filed by Edward Carey, assignee of the Bank of Columbus, against the stockholders of the Chattahoochee Railroad and Banking Company, an extinct corporation, for the purpose of enforcing the payment of a large debt alleged to be due to the Bank of Columbus, as holder of the bills of the Chattahoochee R. R. and Banking Company. It seeks to enforce upon the stockholders a liability for the bills issued by the C. R. R. and B.…
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