Goodwyn v. Goodwyn
Supreme Court of Georgia
Trover, trom Coweta County. Decided by Judge Bull, September Term, 1857. This was an action of Trover, brought by Napoleon B. Goodwyn against Nancy Goodwyn, seeking to recover certain negroes. All the facts necessary to a proper understanding of this «ase, will be found in the opinion pronounced by the Court. The jury found for the plaintiff, and defendant excepted. '
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court.
Lumpkin J.
delivering the opinion.
This is the third time this case has been before this Court; and we regret to see and say, that no trial has been had upon the merits; upon the only issue really involved in the case.
It was first up upon the statute of limitations (16 Ga. Rep. 114) and we then held, that upon the proof submitted, the statute did not bar the plaintiff's right to recover. It was again up in 1856 upon sundry points, (20 Ga. Rep. 600,) when this Court, at the conclusion of its opinion, took occasion to say: “ Here, then, is the hinge upon which this case turns,…
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