Terry v. Merchants' & Planters' Bank
Supreme Court of Georgia
Corporations. Parties. Laws. Before Judge FLEMING. Chatham Superior Court. December Term, 1879. Reported in'the decision.
1Opinion of the Court
•Crawford, Justice.
This was an action of debt brought in Chatham Superior Court, on a dormant decree obtained in the Circuit Court of the United. States against the Merchants’ and Planters’ Bank of Savannah.
The declaration was filed April 17th, 1879, and the,case was called for trial January 30th, 1880, when, on motion of defendant, the following order was passed : “ On motion, and after argument of counsel on both sides, ordered that the case be dismissed, the corporation defendant having become extinct by the expiration of its charter.” ' The charter expired by its own limitation on January…
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