Mathis v. Fordham
Supreme Court of Georgia
Complaint. Before Judge Adams. City court of Dublin. March 15, 1901. “The petition of Joe M. Eordham, ordinary of Laurens county, who brings this petition for the use of Mary Jane Mathis and her three minor children, shows the following facts, to wit: 1. That on the 6th day of May, .1889, A. J. Mathis, as principal, and J. N. Darsey and W. S. Bryan, as securities, entered into an administrator’s bond, payable to the ordinary of said county and his successors in office,…
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Complaint. Before Judge Adams. City court of Dublin. March 15, 1901. “The petition of Joe M. Eordham, ordinary of Laurens county, who brings this petition for the use of Mary Jane Mathis and her three minor children, shows the following facts, to wit: 1. That on the 6th day of May, .1889, A. J. Mathis, as principal, and J. N. Darsey and W. S. Bryan, as securities, entered into an administrator’s bond, payable to the ordinary of said county and his successors in office, jointly and severally obligating themselves, their heirs, executors, and administrators, in the sum of fifteen hundred…
1Opinion of the CourtLumpkin, P. J.
An action was brought in the city court of Dublin by J. M. Fordham, as ordinary, suing for the use of Mary Jane Mathis “ and her three minor children.” The petition is set forth in the official report preceding this opinion. To this petition the defendants filed a demurrer based upon the grounds: “1st. That there is no cause of action set forth in said petition. 2nd. That one of the heirs at law of J. N. Darsey, to wit Laura E. Garrett, was never sued in said action. 3rd. Because there is nothing set forth in said petition to predicate the suit upon, and all of the plaintiffs’ names are not…
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