Robinson v. Bank of Darien
Supreme Court of Georgia
On appeal, in Baldwin Superior Court. Decision by Judge Hardeman. The following were the facts agreed on in the several cases which were heard together : The Planter’s Bank of the State of Georgia recovered a judgment, in due form of law, in McIntosh Superior Court, December Term, 1840, for the sum of $28.395 00, with interest on $20.000, from the first day of April, 1839; intcrterest on $7.235, from the 23d day of March, 1839; interest on $160, from the 25th day of March,…
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On appeal, in Baldwin Superior Court. Decision by Judge Hardeman. The following were the facts agreed on in the several cases which were heard together : The Planter’s Bank of the State of Georgia recovered a judgment, in due form of law, in McIntosh Superior Court, December Term, 1840, for the sum of $28.395 00, with interest on $20.000, from the first day of April, 1839; intcrterest on $7.235, from the 23d day of March, 1839; interest on $160, from the 25th day of March, 1839, and interest on the residue, $1000, from the 8th day of December, 1840 and $71 costs. Part of said judgment, viz:…
1Opinion of the Court
The following opinions were delivered by the Court:
Lumpkin, J.
Sundry individuals and corporations, creditors of the Bank of Darien, insisting that the State of Georgia was liable to them for the whole amount of their demands, or some considerable portion thereof, 'the Legislature of 185S-’4 passed an Act providing for the liquidation and settlement of these claims. Commissioners were appointed, in the first instance, to hear and determine upon their validity, the Governor, as the representative of the State, and the creditors, having the wight, respectively, to appeal from the award of the…
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