Legal Opinion

Bigham v. Coleman

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided November 20, 1883PublishedCited by 10 opinions

Attorney and Client. Trusts. Charge of Court. Ratification. Statute of Limitations. Witness. Evidence. Practice in Superior Court. Interrogatories. Before Judge Harris. Troup Superior Court. April Term, 1883. Reported in the decision.

1Opinion of the Court

Hall, Justice.

The following statement, furnished by the reporter, presents as fully and fairly the leading and important facts, *178and the questions made by this record, as could reasonably be expected or hoped, from its intricate and confused character. It is due to the clerk of the superior court to say that it is not his fault that it is thus entangled and deficient in method; he could only copy faithfully what was entrusted to him for that purpose. The blame, if any, attaches wholly to the counsel who arranged and made it up. The general assembly, at its last session, placed it in the power…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Shivers v. PalmerSupreme Court of Georgia · 1853
  2. Smith v. GoodeSupreme Court of Georgia · 1859
  3. Archer v. GreerSupreme Court of Georgia · 1867

3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Poullain v. PoullainSupreme Court of Georgia · 1886
  2. Bowden v. TaylorSupreme Court of Georgia · 1888
  3. Pressley v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1949
  4. Atlanta Trust Co. v. National Bondholders Corp.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1939
  5. Belt v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1897

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