Robinson v. Lane
Supreme Court of Georgia
Debt, in Muscogee Superior Court. Tried before Judge Worrill, June Term, 1855. This was an action brought in the name of Richard Lane vs. Alexander J. Robinson, for the redemption of certain bills ■of the Planters’ & Mechanics’ Bank of Columbus.
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Debt, in Muscogee Superior Court. Tried before Judge Worrill, June Term, 1855. This was an action brought in the name of Richard Lane vs. Alexander J. Robinson, for the redemption of certain bills ■of the Planters’ & Mechanics’ Bank of Columbus. On the trial, Ragan, the assignee of the bank, stated that he did not know the amount of bills in circulation; had within his control about $69,000; had received from J. A. Lee about $75,000. Defendant proposed to prove what Lee said when he delivered up the bills. The Court refused to admit this testimony, and defendant excepted. The transfer book…
1Opinion of the Court
The Court not being unanimous, the Judges delivered their opinions seriatim.
By the Court.
Lumpkin, J.
delivering the opinion.
I propose to write a brief opinion in this case, not because the points adjudicated aro unimportant, but for the simple reason that a decision in these bank eases settles nothing. I am warranted in saying this from the experience of the past six years. With every chango in the Court, the same questions are re-produced for rc-adjudicntion. And we are authorized to infer, that this practice, so subversive of the fun*342damental object for which this tribunal was organized, is…
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