Barksdale v. Brown
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decision on demurrer, in Upson Superior Court, by Judge Starke, May Term, 1854. Caroline "W. Bunkley, by her guardian, filed her bill, charging that her father, George W. Bunkley, from an infant, was taken and reared by his uncle, John Bunkley and his wife Macharme, and was much loved by them, they being childless; that Macharme Bunkley died, leaving a will, in which large legacies were left to complainant and other children of George W. Bunkley, (he being dead); that Dr.…
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Decision on demurrer, in Upson Superior Court, by Judge Starke, May Term, 1854. Caroline "W. Bunkley, by her guardian, filed her bill, charging that her father, George W. Bunkley, from an infant, was taken and reared by his uncle, John Bunkley and his wife Macharme, and was much loved by them, they being childless; that Macharme Bunkley died, leaving a will, in which large legacies were left to complainant and other children of George W. Bunkley, (he being dead); that Dr. James Anderson was appointed executor thereof, and also took a legacy under the same ; that a caveat was entered to said…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court.
Benning, J.
delivering the opinion.
In this case, the defendant in error joined issue, with a protest, that neither the bill of exceptions nor the assignment of *97errors, specified the error or errors complained of in the decision of the Court below. What was meant by this protest, is explained by the position taken in its support, by Mr. Gibson, one of the Counsel for the defendant in error. That position was this : “A bill of exceptions is the statement, in writing, of the objection made by a party in a cause, to the decision of the Court, on a point of law which is clearly stated…
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