Dortic v. Lockwood
Supreme Court of Georgia
Judgments. Practice in the Superior Court. Constitutional law. Before Judge Underwood. Richmond Superior Court. April Adjourned Term, 1878. Lockwood brought assumpsit against Dortic to the August term, 1872, of the city court of Augusta. The declaration contained two counts, one in the ordinary form, the other on the copy-note of which the original was alleged to have been lost.
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Judgments. Practice in the Superior Court. Constitutional law. Before Judge Underwood. Richmond Superior Court. April Adjourned Term, 1878. Lockwood brought assumpsit against Dortic to the August term, 1872, of the city court of Augusta. The declaration contained two counts, one in the ordinary form, the other on the copy-note of which the original was alleged to have been lost. Attached to the declaration was a copy-note and affidavit as follows : Augusta, Georgia, May 14,1868. One day after date I promise to pay to the order of R. W. Lockwood, eight hundred and ninety-four dollars and…
1Opinion of the Court
Warner, Chief Justice.
This was a motion to set aside a judgment obtained in the city court of Augusta on the 25th day of' November, 1872, on the following grounds-: 1. Because no notice containing a copy of the note on which the judgment was rendered was personally served on the movant prior to the commencement of the suit on such copy-note. 2. Because the original of the copy-note was not stamped according to the internal revenue acts. 3. Because the copy-note was not so stamped. 4. Because the affidavit purporting to verify the copy-note was not made by the owner of the original, or his…
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