Louis Stix & Co. v. S. Pump & Co.
Supreme Court of Georgia
Traverse of attachment affidavit. Motion for new trial. Decided by Judge Wobrill. Muscogee Superior Court. May Term, 1867. Louis Stix & Co., sued out attachment against various persons, partners under the firm name of S. Pump & Co., of Muscogee county, upon the grounds that “ said defendants are about to remove beyond the limits of said county.” Upon this issue was joined.
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Traverse of attachment affidavit. Motion for new trial. Decided by Judge Wobrill. Muscogee Superior Court. May Term, 1867. Louis Stix & Co., sued out attachment against various persons, partners under the firm name of S. Pump & Co., of Muscogee county, upon the grounds that “ said defendants are about to remove beyond the limits of said county.” Upon this issue was joined. When the case was in order for trial, plaintiffs’ attorneys made a motion for a continuance applicable to two cases between the same, parties then and there pending. This motion was overruled, and came under review of this…
1Opinion of the CourtWalker, J.
1. Asa general rule the jury, after they have been charged with a case, should not be permitted to separate without the express assent of the parties to the cause on trial. If it be necessary that any member of the jury should be temporarily absent from the body, he should be attended by an officer, and suffered to communicate with no one outside of the jury.
2. Jurors selected under the law occupy a high and responsible position. To their decision is referred important rights. They are selected on account of their intelligence and impartiality, and should be controlled by the evidence, and…
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