Georgia Manufacturing & Paper Mill Co. v. Amis
Supreme Court of Georgia
Statute of limitations. Before Judge Buchanan. Coweta Superior Court. March Term, 1874. 'For the facts of this case, see the decision.
1Opinion of the Court
Warner, Chief Justice.
This was an action brought by the plaintiff against the defendant on a promissory note, for the sum of $159 10, dated 27th December, 1869, due one day after date. To this action the defendant pleaded as a set-off, a subscription to stock made by the plaintiff to defendant on the 14th day of June, 1866. On the trial of the case, the court charged the jury: “If you believe, from the evidence, that more than six years had elapsed after defendant’s right of action accrued on the subscription, before the same was. pleaded as a set-off to plaintiff’s suit,.and in the absence…
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