Legal Opinion

Bank of Southwestern Georgia v. McGarrah

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided August 12, 1904PublishedCited by 14 opinions

Equitable petition. Before Judge Littlejohn. Sumter superior court. January 13, 1904. Citations by counsel, other than those in the opinion: Civil Code, §§2626, 2647, 2649, 3641, 3715, 3722, 3924; Go. B. 15/445 (3); 43/325; 71/18; 75/795; 76/328; 78/333; 79/528; 81/491; 108/8; 110/345; 116/176 (2); 96/625; 103/108 (1), 110; 116/658; Acts 1897, p. 53; George on Partnership, 132-6, 410; 22 A. & E. Ene. L. (2d ed.) 88-93, 96-99, '220; 17 Id.

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Equitable petition. Before Judge Littlejohn. Sumter superior court. January 13, 1904. Citations by counsel, other than those in the opinion: Civil Code, §§2626, 2647, 2649, 3641, 3715, 3722, 3924; Go. B. 15/445 (3); 43/325; 71/18; 75/795; 76/328; 78/333; 79/528; 81/491; 108/8; 110/345; 116/176 (2); 96/625; 103/108 (1), 110; 116/658; Acts 1897, p. 53; George on Partnership, 132-6, 410; 22 A. & E. Ene. L. (2d ed.) 88-93, 96-99, '220; 17 Id. (1st ed.) 945; 21 U. S. (L. ed.) 642, notes; 7 L. R. A..788-9.

1Opinion of the CourtCandler, J.

We quote from the statement of facts made by-Mr. Justice Cobb when this case was before this court on a former occasion (117 Ga. 556) so much as is pertinent to the decision now to be rendered: “ The decedent Samuel McGarrah, and the defendant M. B. Council, entered into a partnership in 1887, for the purpose of engaging in the warehouse and commission business, the partners taking an equal interest in the business. In 1890 the tract of land which forms the principal subject-matter of the controversy, together with its appurtenances, was conveyed to the partnership.” The land was cultivated…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Ferris v. Van Ingen & Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1899
  2. First National Bank v. CodySupreme Court of Georgia · 1894
  3. Taylor v. McLaughlinSupreme Court of Georgia · 1904
  4. McGarrah v. Bank of Southwestern GeorgiaSupreme Court of Georgia · 1903
  5. Baker v. MiddlebrooksSupreme Court of Georgia · 1888

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3Cited by14 opinions

  1. Waters v. WellsSupreme Court of Georgia · 1923
  2. Bahr v. Commissioner of Internal RevenueCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1941
  3. Hasty v. WilsonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1967
  4. Cook v. CochranCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1931
  5. Cheney v. Bank of BremenCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1920

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