Bower v. Thomas
Supreme Court of Georgia
Practice in Supreme Court. Parties. Amendment. Statute of Limitations. Administrators and Executors. Practice in Superior Court. Before Judge WARREN. Decatur Superior Court.
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Practice in Supreme Court. Parties. Amendment. Statute of Limitations. Administrators and Executors. Practice in Superior Court. Before Judge WARREN. Decatur Superior Court. May Term, 1882. Bower et al., administrators, brought suit against C. H. Thomas, as executor of the estate of J. M. Thomas, deceased, and other defendants, on three promissory notes, each for $250.00, dated October 20, 1.868, and due respectively one, two and three years after date to the intestate of plaintiffs. The suit was begun April 11, 1876. On November 9, 1S76, C. H. Thomas filed a plea in which he stated that he…
1Opinion of the Court
Jackson, Chief Justice.
In this case there is a bill of exceptions sued out against James M. Thomas as administrator of J. M. Thomas, deceased, alone, and a cross-bill of exceptions by him.
1. If the main bill of exceptions had brought the other defendants to the original suit before this court a new trial would be necessitated, because the verdict is for the defendants generally, and the plaintiffs certainly had the right to a verdict against them. But as the administrator of Thomas alone is brought here, the case here'is between *50the plaintiffs and him alone, and the. plaintiffs make no…
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