Georgia Masonic Insurance v. Davis
Supreme Court of Georgia
Statute of limitations. Corporations. Before Judge Simmons. Bibb Superior Court. April Term, 1879. Reported in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Bleckley, Justice.
Action of complaint was brought by the defendants in error, both as 'executors and as trustees in respect to the fund sued for under the will of Wm. M. Davis, against the plaintiff in error, for a balance claimed as insurance upon the life of said Wm. M. Davis. The suit was commenced June 25th, 1877, Davis having died January 6th, 1870. The declaration, as amended, counted on the charter and the by-laws of the insurance company, together with an instrument in the following terms, dated May 15th, 1867, and signed by the president of the company, and countersigned by the…
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