Equitable Loan & Security Co. v. Waring
Supreme Court of Georgia
Injunction and receiver. Before Judge Lumpkin. Fulton superior court. January 5, 1903. Opinion of Judge Lumpkin: On January 30, 1894, the Equitable Loan & Security Company was incorporated; its capital stock being twenty-five hundred dollars.
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Injunction and receiver. Before Judge Lumpkin. Fulton superior court. January 5, 1903. Opinion of Judge Lumpkin: On January 30, 1894, the Equitable Loan & Security Company was incorporated; its capital stock being twenty-five hundred dollars. It began issuing what were called investment certificates, the certificates first issued being designated as Class A. Before the end of that year the Post-office Department refused the company the use of the United States mails, holding that the certificates issued by it and the business conducted by it constituted a lottery scheme. After this the…
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ON MOTION TOR REHEARING.
Cobb, J.
The application for a rehearing in this case is based upon numerous grounds. A rehearing is asked upon the ground that the case was heard by only five Justices and the judgment rendered was concurred in by only three. It is now asked that the case be reheard before a full bench of six Justices. These facts alone furnish no sufficient reason for a rehearing. Under the constitution and laws, three Justices may render a judgment in any case heard before less than six Justices. Even if under any circumstances a litigant has a right to ask that his case be heard…
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- Taylor v. . SmithSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1895
- Harrison v. HarrisonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1898
- State v. HawkinsCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1902
- Carswell v. SchleySupreme Court of Georgia · 1876
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