Legal Opinion

Bonner v. Metcalf

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided January 15, 1877PublishedCited by 2 opinions

Claim. Promissory Notes. Statute of Limitations. Deeds. Before Judge Gibson. Hancock Superior Court. October Term, 1874. The motion of claimant,for a new trial, set forth in the opinion, was overruled, and he thereupon excepted. Eor the other facts, see the opinion.

1Opinion of the Court

Jackson, Judge.

Metcalf obtained judgment against John Bonner, the father of Wm. H. Bonner, the trustee for his wife and children, and the claimant in this case as trustee. They?, fa. was levied upon a tract of land, in the county of Hancock, as the property of John Bonner, and the property was found subject. The claimant moved for a new trial, on two grounds: first, that the note on which the judgment 'was obtained, as appeared from the record of the suit in the court which granted the judgment, was barred when that suit was begun ; and, second, that the court erred in charging the jury, that…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Booher v. WorrillSupreme Court of Georgia · 1876
  2. Horn v. Ross & LeitchSupreme Court of Georgia · 1856
  3. Cloud & Shackleford v. DupreeSupreme Court of Georgia · 1859

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Harris v. StriblingCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1941
  2. Sparagon v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2001

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