Carey v. Giles
Supreme Court of Georgia
In Equity, in Twiggs Superior Court. Tried before Judge Hansell, April Term, 1851. In 1837, Charles H. Rice, who had been appointed receiver of the Bank of Macon, filed a bill against the Bank of Columbus, Hartwell H. Tarver and others, alleging the insolvency of the Bank of Macon, and the appointment of the receiver; that in 1832 said Bank stopped payment, being indebted at the time to the Bank of Columbus a . large sum of money; that to secure the payment of this debt,…
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In Equity, in Twiggs Superior Court. Tried before Judge Hansell, April Term, 1851. In 1837, Charles H. Rice, who had been appointed receiver of the Bank of Macon, filed a bill against the Bank of Columbus, Hartwell H. Tarver and others, alleging the insolvency of the Bank of Macon, and the appointment of the receiver; that in 1832 said Bank stopped payment, being indebted at the time to the Bank of Columbus a . large sum of money; that to secure the payment of this debt, said Bank of Macon transferred to the Bank of Columbus a large number of notes, made by solvent persons, (Hartwell H.…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court.
Nisbet, J.
delivering the opinion.
[1.] The assignments of error in this case are numerous. I shall treat them without a very strict regard to the specifications, or *18the order in which they stand in the pleadings. And first, it is assigned for error, that the presiding Judge held it unnecessary to make the Bank of Macon a party. The Bank of Macon havxng forfeited its charter, a receiver was appointed, who filed a bill to set aside a transfer of certain effects, which that Bank had executed to the plaintiff in error, the Bank of Columbus, in settlement of a debt claimed to be due to…
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