Ragland v. Barringer
Supreme Court of Georgia
Statute of' Limitations. Bill of Exceptions. Before Judge Johnson. Muscogee Superior Court. February Term, 1870. In 1867, Ragland, as administrator, de bonis non, of George W. Hardwick, sued Barringer, et al., upon their joint and several promissory note, payable to himself, as such, dated December 15th, 1853, and due twelve months after date. They pleaded the Statute of Limitations. At the trial, plaintiff’s attorney read in evidence the note, and closed.
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Statute of' Limitations. Bill of Exceptions. Before Judge Johnson. Muscogee Superior Court. February Term, 1870. In 1867, Ragland, as administrator, de bonis non, of George W. Hardwick, sued Barringer, et al., upon their joint and several promissory note, payable to himself, as such, dated December 15th, 1853, and due twelve months after date. They pleaded the Statute of Limitations. At the trial, plaintiff’s attorney read in evidence the note, and closed. Defendant’s counsel read the proclamation of the Governor of Georgia, issued in reference to the suspension of specie payments by the…
1Opinion of the CourtWarner, J.
The errors assigned to the judgment of the Court below in this case, is in rejecting the evidence offered, to prove that the banks had suspended specie payments before the 15th day of December, 1860, and to the charge of the Court to the jury, in regard to the Statute of Limitations, ¡as set forth in the record. Both t questions depend on the construction of *the Act’ of the General Assembly of the 30th November, 1860. That Act authorized the banks to suspend specie payments until the 1st of December, 1861. The- 4th section of that Act provides, that in the event of suspension of specie…
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