Vinson v. Platt & McKenzie
Supreme Court of Georgia
Complaint, in Calhoun Superior Court. Before Aeren, Judge, May Term, 1856. This was an action brought by Platt & McKenzie, plaintiffs, against Josiah Vinson and Alexander Marshall, defendants, on a bill of exchange drawn by Vinson and accepted by Marshall. Vinson resides in the county of Calhoun, Marshall in the county of Clay. The action was instituted in Calhoun county, and service of the writ acknowledged by Francis T. Cullens, defendant’s attorney.
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Complaint, in Calhoun Superior Court. Before Aeren, Judge, May Term, 1856. This was an action brought by Platt & McKenzie, plaintiffs, against Josiah Vinson and Alexander Marshall, defendants, on a bill of exchange drawn by Vinson and accepted by Marshall. Vinson resides in the county of Calhoun, Marshall in the county of Clay. The action was instituted in Calhoun county, and service of the writ acknowledged by Francis T. Cullens, defendant’s attorney. The bills of exchange were drawn in the county of Calhoun, Geo., and made payable at Apalachicola, Florida, were duly protested for non…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court.
Mc Donald, J.
delivering the opinion.
[1.] This action was brought in the county of the residence of the drawer, and the acceptor was called out of his county to answer. On this ground the defendant’s counsel demurred to the plaintiff’s declaration, for the want of jurisdiction of the Superior Court of the county of the residence of the drawer of the several bills of exchange sued on. The Court overruled the demurrer and sustained the jurisdiction of the Court. This decision is excepted to. By the Constitution of this State, of 1798 as originally adopted, all civil cases (not…
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