Rountree v. Rutherford
Supreme Court of Georgia
Distress warrant. Landlord and tenant. Pleadings. Amendment. Bankruptcy. Principal and surety. Evidence. Before Judge SlMMONS. Houston Superior Court. April Term, 1880. Reported in the decision.
1Opinion of the Court
Jacicson, Chief Justice.
John Rutherford, administrator de bonis non on the estate of Charles Thompson, sued out a distress warrant against Charles N. Rountree, which was levied on a tract of land on the third day of October, 1873. Whereupon, on the twenty-second day of October, 1873, the defendant filed a counter- affidavit alleging that the rent was not due and on the same day gave bond, with-William Brunson as surety, for the eventual condemnation money. The cause pending on this issue, Rountree asked leave to file a plea that since the counter-affidavit and bond, he had made application to…
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