Legal Opinion

Fountain v. Anderson

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided November 15, 1862PublishedCited by 7 opinions

Bill in equity, in Wilkinson Superior Court, tried before Judge Iverson L. Harris; at April Term, 1862. A statement of the facts of this case will be found in the opinion of the Court, as pronounced by Mr. Justice Lyon.

1Opinion of the Court

By the Court. —

Lyon, J., delivering the opinion.

This was a bill in equity, filed by Young J. Anderson, as the guardian of James A. Wright, against James H. Fountain, charging that Fountain had purchased from one James Taylor, the former guardian of James A. Wright, a note, belonging to his ward, on James Ross and Lucinda H. Wright, for the penal sum of $1,227 68, due one day after its date of 21st January, 1856 — that the note was payable to said Taylor, as said guardian or bearer, that said Taylor, at the time of said purchase, was on the eve of absconding from the county, and for the…

2Cited by7 opinions

  1. Maynard v. ClevelandSupreme Court of Georgia · 1886
  2. Zellner v. ClevelandSupreme Court of Georgia · 1882
  3. Mason v. Bank of CommerceMissouri Court of Appeals · 1884
  4. Echols v. SpeakeSupreme Court of Alabama · 1913
  5. Dean v. DonalsonCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1907

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