Legal Opinion

Perry v. Mulligan

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided January 15, 1877PublishedCited by 8 opinions

Attachment. Estoppel. Amendment. Evidence. New Trial. Arbitrament and Award. Witness. Interrogatories.. Practice in the Superior Court. Before Herbert Fielder, Esq., Judge pro hac vice. Early Superior Court. April Term, 1876. Reported in the opinion.

1Opinion of the Court

Jackson, Judge.

B. W. Keaton, about the close of the war, thinking he had to leave the state on account of apprehension of danger from the federal power, sold his plantation and stock thereon, to Mulligan, for $12,000 in gold. Shortly thereafter, he became dissatisfied with the trade, and through B. O. Keaton, his father and agent, the matters in dispute between himself and Mulligan were referred to arbitrators. They made an award whereby B. W. Keaton was to return to the plantation and retain what of personalty was on it, and Mulligan was to account for what he had sold off the place — he…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Dawson v. CallawaySupreme Court of Georgia · 1855
  2. Lunday v. ThomasSupreme Court of Georgia · 1858
  3. Aiken v. CatoSupreme Court of Georgia · 1857
  4. Lockett v. deNeufvilleSupreme Court of Georgia · 1875

3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Howard v. CasselsSupreme Court of Georgia · 1898
  2. Hodnett v. StoneSupreme Court of Georgia · 1894
  3. Rhodes, Dolvin & Co. v. Continental Furniture Co.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1907
  4. Harrell v. TerrellSupreme Court of Georgia · 1906
  5. Ward v. WardSupreme Court of Georgia · 1915

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