Adams v. Lamar
Supreme Court of Georgia
Application for injunction, Baker Superior Court. Before Judge WArren, at Chambers, December; 1849. The decision complained of in this case, is the refusal of the Court to grant an injunction. The bill was filed by Bennett Adams, alleging, that in 1839, complainant and one John T. Lamar entered into an agreement and partnership, to purchase and grant some of the lots of land in Baker, Early and Decatur counties, which had reverted to the State.
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Application for injunction, Baker Superior Court. Before Judge WArren, at Chambers, December; 1849. The decision complained of in this case, is the refusal of the Court to grant an injunction. The bill was filed by Bennett Adams, alleging, that in 1839, complainant and one John T. Lamar entered into an agreement and partnership, to purchase and grant some of the lots of land in Baker, Early and Decatur counties, which had reverted to the State. It was agreed that Adams should examine the lots, and reportto Lamar such as were valuable, at his own expense; and Lamar was to pay the grant fees…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court.
Nisbet, J.
delivering the opinion.
Whether the Court below erred in dissolving this injunction, depends upon the character of the case made in the bill. To determine its character, we are to look to the bill itself — to its allegations and its prayer. It appears, then, from the statements in the bill, that an agreement was entered into, between the complainant and one John T. Lamar, then of the County of Bibb, and now deceased, for the granting of lands which, by Act of the Legislature, were declared forfeited, and which were authorized to be granted to any person who might come…
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