Colquitt v. Smith
Supreme Court of Georgia
Principal and Surety. State Depositories. Estoppel. Contracts. New Trial. Before Judge Branham. Floyd Superior Court. March Adjourned Term, 1885 Reported in the decision.
1Opinion of the Court
Blandford, Justice.
The Bank of Rome having been selected by the governor as a state depository, the bank was required to give *710bond and security under the law for the safe-keeping and proper accounting for the money deposited therein by the state. The bank failed, and execution was duly issued on the bond against the bank and its sureties on said bond. The execution was issued against Mrs. M. P. Deason, as one of the sureties for the bank on said bond, and was levied on certain property as hers, to which property defendants in error interposed a claim. This claim was tried and the property…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- N. Owsley & Son v. WoolhopterSupreme Court of Georgia · 1853
- Mosely v. GordonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1854
- Joseph A. Roberts & Co. v. BarrowSupreme Court of Georgia · 1874
- Weaver v. OgletreeSupreme Court of Georgia · 1869
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