Slaughter v. Culpepper
Supreme Court of Georgia
Motion for new trial. In Dougherty Superior Court. Decided by Judge Hastsell. At Chambers, July, 1866. Upon a rule nisi to foreclose a mortgage on land, granted at the instance of Culpepper’s executors, against Slaughter’s administratrix, a trial by jury was had in Dougherty Superior Court.
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Motion for new trial. In Dougherty Superior Court. Decided by Judge Hastsell. At Chambers, July, 1866. Upon a rule nisi to foreclose a mortgage on land, granted at the instance of Culpepper’s executors, against Slaughter’s administratrix, a trial by jury was had in Dougherty Superior Court. The mortgage bore date December 5th, 1861, and was made to secure the payment of two promissory notes, of the same date, for $7,875 each, one of them due January 1, 1863, and the other January 1, 1861, the latter bearing interest from January 1,1863. It would seem, from the evidence, that these notes were…
1Opinion of the CourtHarris, J.
[1.] By an assignment of error, upon the charge of the Judge before whom this case was tried, we are called upon to express an opinion, as to the constitutionality of an Ordinance of the Convention which assembled in Hovember, 1865, to revise and amend the Constitution of Georgia. It is entitled, “ An Ordinance to make valid contracts entered into and executed during the war against the United States, and to authorize the Courts of this State to adjust the equities between parties to contracts made but not executed, and to authorize settlements of such contracts by persons acting in a…
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