Adams v. Barrett
Supreme Court of Georgia
In Equity, Upson Superior Court, tried before Judge Floyd, April Term, 1848. The facts may be found embodied, in the opinion of the Court.
1Opinion of the Court
*406 By the Court.
Nisbet, J.
delivering the ojnnion.
This bill is filed by the administrator oí Rose, and charges, that whilst in life, he had committed mayhem upon the person of the defendant Barrett, that prosecution had been instituted by Barrett, against him for the offence, and that suit for damages had also been commenced — that pending these proceeding's', an agreement had been entered into between the parties for the settlement and abandonment of the prosecution — that in consideration of the abandonment of the prosecution, Rose had corruptly agreed to convey to the prosecutor, Barrett, a…
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