Southwestern Railroad v. Papot
Supreme Court of Georgia
Evidence. Charge of Court. Fraud. Contracts. Stock. Railroads Interest. Equity. Verdict. Before Judge Stewart. Bibb Superior Court. April Term, 1881. To the report contained in the decision, it is only necessary to add, in connection with the first three divisions 'thereof, that the following were among the grounds of the motion for new trial in this case : (1.) Because the court erred in not permitting the defendant to prove by the witness, Wm.
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Evidence. Charge of Court. Fraud. Contracts. Stock. Railroads Interest. Equity. Verdict. Before Judge Stewart. Bibb Superior Court. April Term, 1881. To the report contained in the decision, it is only necessary to add, in connection with the first three divisions 'thereof, that the following were among the grounds of the motion for new trial in this case : (1.) Because the court erred in not permitting the defendant to prove by the witness, Wm. S. Holt, what John G. Shorter, one of the firm of Shorter, Papot & Co., said to him during his lifetime and before Shorter, Papot & Co., had finished…
1Opinion of the Court
Speer, Justice.
The defendants in error filed their bill in equity against the Southwestern Railroad Company to recover fifty-three shares of the stock of. said company or the value thereof, with inte'rest or dividends thereon from the first of February, 1872, which they allege is due them by defendant under the following contract made by them and accepted by said defendant:
“Macon, Georgia, November 28th, 1871.
To the President and Directors of the Southwestern Railroad C0771-pa7iy:
Gentlemen — We hereby agree to finish the'Vicksburg and Brunswick Railroad from Eufaula to Clayton,-Alabama, as…
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