Riley v. Johnson
Supreme Court of Georgia
Motion to dismiss appeals, in Bibb Superior Court. Decided by Judge Stark, July Term, 1851. Spencer Riley instituted two actions in Bibb Inferior Court, against the defendant — -trespass on the case, and trespass for false imprisonment.
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Motion to dismiss appeals, in Bibb Superior Court. Decided by Judge Stark, July Term, 1851. Spencer Riley instituted two actions in Bibb Inferior Court, against the defendant — -trespass on the case, and trespass for false imprisonment. At the March Term, 1851, of said Court, verdicts were rendered in the two cases in favor of the plaintiff for $16,000, when the defendant took an appeal to the Superior Court, and James A. Nisbet, J. H. R. Washington, F. P. Holcombe, Charles Campbell and David C. Campbell, signed the appeal bond, as his securities. At the July Term, 1851, of the Superior…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court.
Lumpkin, J.
delivering the opinion.
This was a motion to dismiss an appeal from the Inferior Court, upon the ground that Security had not been given in terms of the law. It is admitted.that bonds were executed by the defendant, with four solvent sureties, within the four days prescribed by the Statute. It is insisted, however, that these instruments were not complete'; that they were signed by James A. Nisbet, David C. Campbell, James H. R. Washington and Franklin P. Holcombe, with the understanding that Charles Campbell was to sign also ; and that they were to be exonerated,…
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