Dalton City Co. v. Dalton Manufacturing Co.
Supreme Court of Georgia
Debt, in Whitfield Superior Court. Tried before Judge Walker, at November Term, 1861. Suit was brought by the Daltou Manufacturing Company, machinists, against the Dalton City Company and Rufus K. Ford, as partners, on the following note: Dalton, Geo., Oct. 10, 1850. $658. One day after date I promise to pay to Dalton Manufacturing Company, or order, the sum of six hundred and fifty-eight dollars, for value received.
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Debt, in Whitfield Superior Court. Tried before Judge Walker, at November Term, 1861. Suit was brought by the Daltou Manufacturing Company, machinists, against the Dalton City Company and Rufus K. Ford, as partners, on the following note: Dalton, Geo., Oct. 10, 1850. $658. One day after date I promise to pay to Dalton Manufacturing Company, or order, the sum of six hundred and fifty-eight dollars, for value received. R. K. Ford & Co. The declaration avers that the note was given for certain machinery which had been set up and attached to a steam mill, the property of defendants, in the city…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court. —
Jenkins, J., delivering the opinion.
In this case each party excepted to certain rulings of the Court below.
1. The Dalton City Company, one of the defendants, except to a decision of the Court overruling their motion to continue, on account of the absence of J. A. Glenn, their attorney of record, in the military service of the country, and the fact of his being so engaged, and being absent from the Court by reason thereof, is not disputed. The Superior Courts of this State generally, as well as this Court, have considered such absence, since the commencement of the existing war…
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