Legal Opinion

Lumpkin v. Calloway

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided May 20, 1897PublishedCited by 7 opinions

Complaint on note. Before Judge Hart. Baldwin superior court. January term, 1896.

1Opinion of the CourtCobb, J.

Calloway sued Lumpkin as principal, and Sanford and eight others as sureties, upon a promissory note, in the superior court of Baldwin county. Lumpkin, the principal, filed no defense, and judgment was rendered against him by default. Four of the sureties filed pleas. To the judgment of the court striking certain of their pleas and directing a verdict for the plaintiff, they excepted.

1. A motion was made to dismiss the plaintiff’s petition for want of jurisdiction, because it appeared on its face that Lump-kin, the principal, was not a resident of Baldwin county, but was a resident of Bibb…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. White v. HartSupreme Court of Georgia · 1866

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Atlantic Coast Line R. Co. v. OuztsCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1950
  2. Mathews v. MathewsCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1975
  3. Carlan v. Fidelity & Casualty Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1937
  4. In re Kimbrough-Veasey Co.District Court, N.D. Georgia · 1923
  5. Anderson v. ArmisteadCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1916

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