Davis v. Williams
Supreme Court of Georgia
Petitiou for delivery of possession. Before Judge Thomas. Colquitt superior court. May 83 1915. J. S. Davis brought a petition setting up the following facts: On December 1, 1914, certain parties filed a petition in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Georgia against J. W. Coleman and Farmers and Merchants Warehouse Company, praying that they be declared a bankrupt, it being charged in that petition that Farmers and Merchants Warehouse Company was a…
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Petitiou for delivery of possession. Before Judge Thomas. Colquitt superior court. May 83 1915. J. S. Davis brought a petition setting up the following facts: On December 1, 1914, certain parties filed a petition in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Georgia against J. W. Coleman and Farmers and Merchants Warehouse Company, praying that they be declared a bankrupt, it being charged in that petition that Farmers and Merchants Warehouse Company was a trade-name used by J. W. Coleman, and that he was the sole proprietor thereof. On the following day the petitioners in…
1Opinion of the CourtBuck, J.
(After stating the foregoing facts.)
1. Motion was made to dismiss this case, on the ground that there is no sufficient assignment of error. The assignment of error is in the following language: After hearing the evidence in said case and the arguments of counsel, the judge “rendered a ruling and judgment denying the petition of the said Joseph S. Davis, petitioner; to which ruling and judgment the petitioner then and’ there excepted, now excepts, and assigns the same as error.55 Considering the nature of the petition and the issue made by it and the answer, this was a sufficient assignment of…
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- Anderson v. NewtonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1905
- Zorn v. Hannah & Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1898
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- In re Western Bond & Mortgage Co.District Court, D. Oregon · 1941