Rice v. Tarver
Supreme Court of Georgia
In Equity, in Twiggs Superior Court, tried before Judge Scarborough, April Term, 1848. This was a Bill in Equity, filed by the plaintiff in error against Hartwell H. Tarver and William M. Tarver, of the county of Twiggs, executors of Ruffin R. Tarver, deceased, John Martin of the county of Jones, Michael Watson, and Frederick D. Wim-berly, of the county of Houston, and the Bank of Columbus, located in the county of Muscogee.
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In Equity, in Twiggs Superior Court, tried before Judge Scarborough, April Term, 1848. This was a Bill in Equity, filed by the plaintiff in error against Hartwell H. Tarver and William M. Tarver, of the county of Twiggs, executors of Ruffin R. Tarver, deceased, John Martin of the county of Jones, Michael Watson, and Frederick D. Wim-berly, of the county of Houston, and the Bank of Columbus, located in the county of Muscogee. The bill charged a fraudulent transfer to the Bank of Columbus, by the Bank of Macon, of a large amount of its assets, when it had stopped payment, closed doors, and was…
1Opinion of the Court
*582 By the Court.
Nisbet, J.
delivering the opinion.
By referring to the facts of this case, it will he seen that, upon motion, the Circuit Judge dismissed the complainant’s bill, as to two of the defendants, to-wit: those residing in the county of Jones and in the county of Houston. It was conceded, in the argument, that the bill was dismissed, as to them, because the Court had not jurisdiction over them, in the county of Twiggs, where the litigation was conducted. The question made, is whether the defendants, residing respectively in the county of Jones, and the county of Houston, could, in a…
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