Mitchell v. Mitchell
Supreme Court of Georgia
Continuance.' Reformation of Deed. Mistake. Before Judge Clark. , Chambers. Worth county. July, 1869. The bill of William Mitchell against Benjamin F. Mitchell and Benjamin Willis made the following case: William Mitchell owned a plantation in said county, composed of land lots Nos. 253 and 254, lying' broadside to each-other, and each containing four hundred and ninety acres.
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Continuance.' Reformation of Deed. Mistake. Before Judge Clark. , Chambers. Worth county. July, 1869. The bill of William Mitchell against Benjamin F. Mitchell and Benjamin Willis made the following case: William Mitchell owned a plantation in said county, composed of land lots Nos. 253 and 254, lying' broadside to each-other, and each containing four hundred and ninety acres. He supposed his residence and outhouses were on No. '254, and it contained one hundred and forty acres cleared, and was his farm. Being then eighty years old, and desiring to give some property to his children, in 1866…
1Opinion of the CourtBrown, C. J.
1. This Court will not control the discretion of the Court below in granting or refusing to grant a continuance, unless the Judge has abused the discretion which the law vests in him. In this ease the Judge had allowed two continuances for the same cause, and had, on the second application, given notice that the complainant’s counsel must be prepared with his affidavits by the time fixed upon for the hearing. Under these circumstances we are not prepared to say that the Court did wrong in overruling the motion.
2. The copy of the verdict was not accompanied by a copy of the bill, or answer, or…
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