Legal Opinion

Blood v. Martin

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided January 15, 1857No. 19; No. 20PublishedCited by 7 opinions

In Equity, in Decatur Superior Court.' Before Altjsn, Judge. May Term, 1356. This was a bill filed by Caleb H. Blood against Elijah Johnson, James E. Martin, and others.

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In Equity, in Decatur Superior Court.' Before Altjsn, Judge. May Term, 1356. This was a bill filed by Caleb H. Blood against Elijah Johnson, James E. Martin, and others. Complainant alleged, that about the last of the-ycar 1854, he purchased from Johnson one half of his turpentine distillery,'situated on the Chattahoochee river, in Decatur county, with all the fixtures and tools belonging thereto, together with the three acres of land on which said distillery was located, and that he and Johnson formed a partnership for the purpose of carrying on the turpentine business. That partnership…

1Opinion of the Court

By the Court.

Benning, J.

delivering the opinion.

In this case there were exceptions taken on both sides.

On the side of the defendants, Martin excepted. He excepted both to the granting of the rule nisi, and to the granting of the rule absolute.

He says that, no foundation of evidence was laid for the rule nisi to rest on. He says that, no evidence of any sort had been laid before the Court on the question whether he had violated the injunction or not, at the time when the rule nisi was granted. This is his ground of exception to the granting of the rule nisi.

It is not clear that this ground is…

2Cited by7 opinions

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  5. Phillips v. DetroitU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Michigan · 1877

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