Bell v. Hanks
Supreme Court of Georgia
Constitutional law. Slave debt. Judgments. Statute of limitations. Notice. Before Judge Keddoo. Clay Superior Court. March Term, 1875. Reported in the decision.
1Opinion of the Court
Warner, Chief Justice.
This was a motion to set aside a j'udgment in Clay superior court. It appears from the record before us that on the 9th day of December, 1861, the plaintiff obtained a judgment against the defendant for the sum of $148 35 for his principal debt, with interest and costs of suit. Afterwards, at the March term of said superior court, 1869, the defendant in said judgment made a motion to set it aside, on the ground that the consideration of the debt on which said judgment was obtained, was for the hire of a negro slave. On the hearing of that motion the court rendered the…
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