Legal Opinion

Latham v. Kolb

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided May 1, 1886PublishedCited by 8 opinions

Promissory Notes. Principal and Surety. Statute of Limitations. Practice in Superior Court. Beforo Judge Willis. Harris Superior Court. October Term, 1885. Ón March 31, 1884, Mrs. S. L. Latham (formerly Kolb) brought her action against P. V. Kolb and T. B. Camp, alleging that they were indebted to her, as bearer, on two promissory notes attached to the declaration.

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Promissory Notes. Principal and Surety. Statute of Limitations. Practice in Superior Court. Beforo Judge Willis. Harris Superior Court. October Term, 1885. Ón March 31, 1884, Mrs. S. L. Latham (formerly Kolb) brought her action against P. V. Kolb and T. B. Camp, alleging that they were indebted to her, as bearer, on two promissory notes attached to the declaration. The allegations are confused, but are, in substance, as follows: P. Y. Kolb, who was then a minor, purchased two horses from one Brotherton, and gave the notes for them. Camp, who was Kolb’s guardian, signed the note, and the…

1Opinion of the Court

Jackson, Chief Justice.

This is an action brought by Mrs. S. L. Latham against P. Y. Kolb, principal, and T B. Camp, security, on two promissory notes, signed and sealed by P. Y. Kolb, and the petitioner, then Miss S. L. Kolb, and signed but not sealed by Camp as security.

The record is quite confused, and it is difficult to decipher it so as to ascertain the precise case made by the *293declaration, which declaration the court dismissed on the trial term, and on that judgment of dismissal error is assigned. It appears, as far as we can fathom it, to be a case brought first against-both defendants…

2Cited by8 opinions

  1. McCook v. CrawfordSupreme Court of Georgia · 1901
  2. Ridley v. HightowerSupreme Court of Georgia · 1900
  3. Hamby v. CrispCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1934
  4. Baldwin Fertilizer Co. v. CarmichaelSupreme Court of Georgia · 1902
  5. Williams v. McHughCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1915

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